[StBernard] Saint Bernard Parish to Demolish Hundreds of Homes

[Westley Annis]

Let me add, if this action is a result of an ordiance passed by the
"previous" council and administration, then all it takes is for the "new"
parish council to retroact this.  Since there are 5 new people on the parish
council of the 7 member panel, I suggest everyone contact each of the
council members, particularly the new 5, and ask them to take whatever
action necessary to retroact the ordinance passed by the previous council
and stop the involuntary demolition until property owners can be given the
chance to attend a council sponsored town hall meeting - more than one date
should be offered.

John 

-----Original Message-----
Wow, if I didn't know any better I'd swear this was 1946, post World War II
Soviet Union - and I'm not exaggerating to make a point - I'm serious!  Not
long ago the parish asked property owners to dish out big bucks to window
and door their gutted out homes, then spend more money and time making sure
the lawns and grounds were kept up nice.

They could have saved thousands of people a lot of expense by letting
everyone know a year or so back this was going to happen.  As it turns out,
those who were lazy and didn't install windows and doors or cut their lawns
are the ones who will be rewarded by not having WASTED their money.

There are still far too many people who are either still fighting the Road
Home program or their insurance company.  Something needs to be done to
accommodate these folks, not to mention those who are actively trying to
sell their gutted home to someone who desires to restore it.

I realize there are some, even many, who have been more forunate and have
completed the restoration of their home (or purchased new ones) and are
ready for life to start looking the way it did prior to Katrina.  But there
are still the masses that haven't been as fortunate, as told in the article.

I have to shake my head and ask "in this day and age do governments who are
supposedly a democracy still do things like this?"

John Scurich