[StBernard] Recovery

[Westley Annis]

You are right Craig, I need to look at the big picture and when I was there 
in the parish today, things looked better to me.  I think because of all 
things, it wasn't raining.  I have to be more patient and look at the big 
picture and not get so frustrated and discouraged.  I had a bad day that 
day. Some of my property is finished and I should stop to enjoy that and how

much I have gotten done, and my neighbors too.  My double I am working on 
now, every house on the street is being worked on and some are already 
finished and rented.   I have a lot to be thankful for.

Laurie



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>Laurie,

>

>you have been at this long enough to know if you let yourself react too 

>much

>in one direction or the other to a snapshot of what is happening it will

>cause you to be bouncing all over the place in your perception.  I 

>encourage

>you to look at larger segments of time.

>

>With that said, the pace has slowed because the administration made a

>decision with the contractor to decrease the numbet of crews on the streets

>because of the decrease in storm debris verses construction debris and with

>the crackdown by FEMA on picking up construction debris it was becoming 

>more

>difficult to keep crews.

>

>You hit the nail on the head- the issue is enforcement such as refusing to

>complete final inspections on houses that have let construction debris sit

>on the property or be thrown across the street or on neutral grounds-

>Unfortuantely these are sometimes unpopular decisions and no one wants to 

>be

>a "bad guy" right about now.  It still has to be done though.

>

>So the short answer to your question is yes, there continues to

>opportunities for improvement.

>

>God Bless,

>Craig