[StBernard] Jr and MRGO

[Westley Annis]

John,
Thanks for the input.
 All Junior had to do was to give Pete Savoye, the most recognized person
striving to close the MRGO, the courtesy of sharing this information and the
strategy he was using with the idiots in DC prior to presenting this to be
voted on at a council meeting. Unfortunately the way it was presented gave
others a different perception of Junior's reasons thus others saw this ploy
differently, which is why the letter was generated from the St. Bernard
Sportsmen's League. 
 Jill Dolese

	  
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	Jill,
	
	In no way is what I'm about to say to be taken as defense for
Junior, but
	clarification should be made here. I cannot believe for one moment
that
	Junior does not want to see MRGO closed, but let's put this in
proper
	context.
	
	Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Junior absolutely wanted MRGO closed,
but other
	factions, like the Port of New Orleans, fought against it at every
turn and
	had influence in Congress. I went with Junior to Washington twice
within a
	year's time to meet with members of Congress to close MRGO, only to
have our
	pleas fall on deaf ears.
	
	In 2004, I took Junior's position on going along with a proposed
water
	control structure at Bayou Laloutra as "we can't beat'em right now,
so let's
	
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