[StBernard] Why didn't the federal court take action against City of NO re Lake Carmel & Eastover (Old Morrison Homes; Levy Gardens)

[Westley Annis]

I don't think the developer or developers took anybody to federal court.  My
guess is they paid the guy off and he took the money and left.

JY




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	               WHY DIDN'T THE FEDERAL COURT TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE
CITY OF
	N.O. IN THE MATTER OF  LAKE CARMEL & EASTOVER REGARDING OLD MORRISON
HOMES
	AND LEVY GARDENS? WHY DIDN'T HUD, GNO FAIR HOUSING AND LA FAIR
HOUSING
	AUTORITY (LFHA) PURSUE THESE MATTERS
	
	               Why are St. Bernard citizens any different (Chateau
Laffite
	Condo et al  V St Bernard Parish) than that of any other community?.
The
	citizens and their respective elected representatives have the right
to
	maintain property values and quality of life and fight developers as
cited
	in N.O. East housing controversies, especially as Sen. Duplessis so
	elegantly described below "those that seek to use public dollars in
ways
	that are contrary to the interests of areas residents..".
	
	Please see NOLA article/links (in date order)
	
	11/12/2008         Court ruling suspends Levy Gardens construction
eastern
	New Orleans
	
	
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	01/22/2009         Homeowners, legislators battle eastern New
Orleans
	apartments
	
	
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/homeowners_legislators_battle.htm
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	02/04/2009         Guest editorial by State Senator Ann D Duplessis
(re:
	opposition "to the proliferation of new apartment complexes in
eastern New
	Orleans - especially those that seek to use public dollars in ways
that are
	contrary to the interests of area residents - will not be allowed."
	
	
http://blog.nola.com/guesteditorials/2009/02/citys_east_stakes_out_its_visi.
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	02/10/2009         Judge halts construction of controversial Levy
Gardens
	apts in eastern New Orleans
	
	
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	05/27/2009         City Planning Commission approves controversial
plan for
	'work force' housing on Morrison Road
	
	
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	08/20/2009         N.O. City Council rejects housing plan (Old
Morrison
	Homes)
	
	
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/08/no_city_council_rejects_housi
	n.html
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	in.html
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	                In the case of Levy Gardens, New Orleans' CDC Judge
Kern
	Reese ordered the City of N.O. to pull over one dozen building
permits and
	suspend another dozen permits so that the city's Safety and Permits
office
	could review them.  Why was that situation any different than that
of St.
	Bernard? (Court ruling suspends Levy Gardens multi-family. see link
below)
	
	               Please note that actions of N.O. residents and their
elected
	representatives were not labeled "discriminatory" and fought in
federal
	court.  It is convenient for Provident to play a race card to incite
	opposition rather than reveal their real motivation - federal tax
credits -
	public dollars - OUR dollars.
	
	DEBBY ROSENBERGER