[StBernard] Parish Threatens To Tear Down Renovated Home

[Westley Annis]

Wouldn't it be nice if everyone who chose to stick it out in da Parish had
an extra million $$$ to burn frivolously? It's ironic how, for example,
governments like the U.S. can find a "spendulous" package for the study of
field mice at a cost of $30 million or a parish that can put up expensive
recreation parks--yet, ignore or expect the poor or underprivileged,
struggling homeowner to be at the same level of recovery as those who live
in expensive neighborhoods. 

I believe we all rise or fall together. If this is not possible, perhaps
government should offer some degree of help to assist those who cannot with
a hand up to catch up with others who are blessed to be able to do so. 

At every stage of recovery immediately following Katrina, the poorest of da
Parish's homeowners were threatened at some point, whether to get fines for
something or to have liens, or seizure or demolition.

So the attitude is: "if you cannot, you won't in our community". What a
message this is to the community that a recovery government who personally
"could finance satisfactory" is condemning those who wanted to return and
tried their damnest to be in that number. Nothing can be more discouraging
than to exclude the poor during the recovery process.\

Heaven help those who are struggling, because no one else seems to be doing
so. 

God bless. 

--jer--