[StBernard] Jr and MRGO

[Westley Annis]

Westly, here's another reply that might have been missed also. jill

Jill Dolese <cajunempress at yahoo.com> wrote: 

	Subject:  Jr and MRGO
	 
	Jer
	"Going into the
	election a
	few years back, many voters saw JR as a beacon of light, especially
	with his
	MRGO position."
	 
	Closing the MRGO - Junior's take on this issue has been like someone
plucking a daisy.
	Do I promote to close, do I promote to keep the shipping industry
happy etc. 
	Ah,,,,, Today it's I promote to close.
	How soon we forget.
	In Sept. of 2004, after numerous meetings and a commitment by Junior
that he was a proponent backing the closure of the MRGO he proposed a
resolution to the parish council to use LCA funds for a 200 foot deep draft
gate structure at Bayou Laloutra which would allow the shipping industry to
continue to use the channel and cause further destruction from dredging. 
	Following this resolution which was passed by the council, not
explained very well so that those casting a vote fully understood what they
were actually voting on, the St. Bernard Parish Sportsmen's League
unanimously voted to send letters to the council and Senators expressing
that they did not support this resolution. 
	And yes here we are, after sooo many years of preaching to close the
MRGO with noted descriptions of the devastation that it would cause, which
we have now experienced with Katrina first hand, the MRGO is STILL OPEN.
	Jill dolese
	Recording Secretary
	St. Bernard Sportsmen's League