[StBernard] submission to Wesley - my letter to TP - mixed housing

[Westley Annis]

Well said.  Debbie, if you get a call from Annette at the T-P, there's a
good chance they'll use your letter.
 

-----Original Message-----

I had to wait and cool down a few days before I wrote. 

  

My opposition, and those of many St Bernard residents', to the controversial
four low-mixed income apartments complexes totaling almost 300 apartments is
simply not about race.  It is about the distaste for greedy out of town
developers as well as local investors.  Does anyone think these developers
really care about their prospective tenants or is it more about the
guaranteed government incentives? 

  

Some may remember residents of New Orleans East, with a majority black
population, also fought a similar battle in their area.  Fortunately, they
won and hopefully will preserve their neighborhood.  Was that race? No, it
was -- and is -- a concern to all of us of every color and ethnicity who
have gambled to rebuild our homes after Katrina.  Most, including myself,
have exhausted every penny and taken on substantial debt to return home. 

  

Please don't try to camouflage the real issue.  This is once again about the
almighty dollar.  We have a glut of both rental units and available homes in
our parish.  

  

If you disagree, and it is certainly everyone's prerogative and thankfully
our right to do so openly in this country, I am compelled to ask - would you
honestly welcome the same invasion by profit takers in your neighborhood? 

 

Deborah Lambert Rosenberger