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Subject: Re: Pass Christian, MS

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Javahead

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Date Posted: 15:13:47 03/20/13 Wed
In reply to: Boyd Percy 's message, "Pass Christian, MS" on 21:28:27 03/19/13 Tue

New Orleans was handicapped by it's local government, I believe. They have not been noted for either efficiency or rigorous honesty. But given that voters in New Orleans keep electing venal hacks I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that's what they prefer.

It wouldn't bother me so much if the rest of us weren't on the hook to bail them out whenever something goes wrong due to their lack of performance (like the levees that got almost no maintenance because the money was siphoned off to political cronies).

Not that Alabama or Mississippi are always considered paragons of governmental efficiency. But New Orleans has been famous for its less-than-pellucid government for generations.

>I just noticed on the Travel Yahoo site a poll about
>the most popular small towns for 2013. Bay St Louis,MS
>and Gulf Shores,AL were on the list. Both have about
>9,000 residents. Bay St Louis is next door to Pass
>Christian and Gulf Shores is about 40 miles to the
>East. Both were hit hard by Katrina and both have come
>back well. Many folks thought Mississippi did a better
>and faster of restoration than New Orleans and
>Louisiana. Of course, the size factor may have
>something to do about that.

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Arthur Keith
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Date Posted: 12:26:42 03/22/13 Fri

Orleans and Jefferson Parish, the local government that includes the city of New Orleans, at one time had numerous pumping stations in order to keep the water out, the only problems was that half of the large pumps were not hooked up. As you said, the money was spend on paper but somehow never made it to the people who were supposed to do the work. It is a little better today, but I still remember one of the US representatives who ended up in federal prison for voter fraud. He won the election by having dead people vote in alphabetical order. Not too smart.

>New Orleans was handicapped by it's local government,
>I believe. They have not been noted for either
>efficiency or rigorous honesty. But given that voters
>in New Orleans keep electing venal hacks I've
>reluctantly come to the conclusion that's what they
>prefer.
>
>It wouldn't bother me so much if the rest of us
>weren't on the hook to bail them out whenever
>something goes wrong due to their lack of performance
>(like the levees that got almost no maintenance
>because the money was siphoned off to political
>cronies).
>
>Not that Alabama or Mississippi are always considered
>paragons of governmental efficiency. But New Orleans
>has been famous for its less-than-pellucid government
>for generations.
>
>>I just noticed on the Travel Yahoo site a poll about
>>the most popular small towns for 2013. Bay St Louis,MS
>>and Gulf Shores,AL were on the list. Both have about
>>9,000 residents. Bay St Louis is next door to Pass
>>Christian and Gulf Shores is about 40 miles to the
>>East. Both were hit hard by Katrina and both have come
>>back well. Many folks thought Mississippi did a better
>>and faster of restoration than New Orleans and
>>Louisiana. Of course, the size factor may have
>>something to do about that.