[StBernard] Federal judge rules against St. Bernard Parish inmulti-family housing lawsuit

[Westley Annis]

"It's because the proposed apartment complex next to East Over would have
required rezoning, plus barely a mile away is an over supply of newly built
and renovated rental complexes, many under Section 8.  So there really
wasn't much of a "need" argument the developers could present. --JS"

Jer Responds:

Absolutamente, JS!!

 I will say this with sincerity and belief:

This lesson is 

With the apartments problem escalating by the AfriKan American
community/lawyers and its seedy clients of New Orleans to break down
barriers in St. Bernard (and ultimately St. Bernard residents who wish to
maintain a family atmosphere), one can now surmise the beginning of the end
for residents to become whole again.

Here's why:

"Village sq. tenements" (issues) which existed in an encased/isolated
location (also known as the Downtown Chalmette Area of St. Bernard Parish)
as of with this ruling, will take on a new face to the residence commencing
immediately. (even before construction). 

Where once isolated to a slum area, will now "splinter" in multiple slum
areas with each building 4-plexes, 8-plexes, etc. distributing this
diseased, squalid effect throughout da parish. In the early/mid 70's the
apartment dream was to take middle-income (those that were more responsible
to care) newlyweds, temporary apartments for those needed shelter while
their homes were being build or saved toward purchasing one), etc. and offer
good housing.

I've lived and worked in da projects for years. Never before have I seen
such disarray, lack of pride, negativism, crime-infested and so on as I've
witnessed this past 25 years. So, I know how "group-homes" can be a breeding
ground for violence, drugs, and cheap motel conditions because in today's
society, it's a stalk, factual condition that is the end result of placing
people in overly-crowded conditions/environment. Put enough trash in one
location and you have a garbage pickup. Place enough throughout da parish
and you'll create multiple garbage dumps as was witnessed with Village Sq.,
the N'awlins Desire Projects, and more. Speaking of, before the storm, the
Desire area was torn down to put up fantastic pastel dwellings, beautiful
streets and infrastructure. What a remarkable achievement and condition from
previous living conditions. But, back to da story...

People change and so does the demographics which can have a chilling effect
on homeowners in a community that in the past was secure, safe, habitable
and a joy to be a part of pre-K.

Now the ruling comes forth calling not only the government, but the entire
parish "racist" for wanting to maintain a family environment and community
as which existed previously. Now that the law is on the N'awlin's crowd
side, we can expect to see sweeping, distasteful changes which will affect
not only Chalmette, but extend to whomever and wherever slum-dwellings are
needed to move those low-classed, low income, and cheesy crowd to about any
neighborhood that needs apartments/slum-villages, and so forth. 

We've seen expansion of apartments and multi-plexed apartments litter the
Metairie area which at one time in the 40's-70's draw people away from the
complex, unnatural, tenement settings we've seen in major cities, severely
populated areas where streets become overpopulated with carbon-based
vehicles that would choke a horse in 10 minutes.

We've seen St. Bernard's own Golden Drive and others, even before Katrina
start the beginning of the end of neighborhoods in the Versailles Park area
homestead area. People swearing to get away from the area and move towards
the Northshore, etc. Only that Katrina exacerbated the problem and expedited
the second wave of "white flight" this time not to the suburbs, but to the
less populated areas of St. Tammany and other country-side communities.

Now the ruling has changed people's minds with awe and shock, confused about
how to counter the issue. Gladfully, it was not da Parish Government and
Craig's lack of will to curtail the problem he knew St. Bernardians would
face in the near future. They made an honest effort to keep St. Bernard more
healthy - away from mo' crime, mo' for sale signage, and any other issues
we've seen during the hapless struggle pre-K when Village Sq. was the main
concern on da parish's plate.

New apartments (as in village sq.) will NOT stay new. These pitiful N'awlins
and Village Square-like structures will take on a breathing mechanism of its
own outstretching its concept toward other "villages" to be built in the
near future to accommodate the shortage of trash-dwelling habitations which
have become commonplace to the N'awlins population, those in Houston,
Atlanta, etc. expecting to return to the N'awlins area (yes, now St. Bernard
is in their scoped-site) to pick up where they left off.

Hope for the best, ya'll, but without a doubt you can expect the worse from
this moment onward. The clock ticks for anyone and everyone.

-=-jer-=-