You know it had to happen: NIMBY in the wake of Katrina. From AC360:
You know the phrase "not in my back yard?" Well, how about "not next door to my mansion!"
Homeowners
in a private, gated subdivision in New Orleans are furious that FEMA is
putting a trailer park for evacuees next door.The homeowners
argue that there’s plenty of vacant land in the city. The city
councilwoman who represents the subdivision proposed an alternate site.
But FEMA ignored the proposal and started moving in trailers.That
has made Mayor Ray Nagin so angry that he says he won’t allow any more
group trailer sites in the city — and he wants the FEMA workers
kicked-out.FEMA says the city has "jeopardized" the housing
effort, and FEMA says it may demand that the city pay back the $1.5
million FEMA has spent on the site so far. The Mayor says no way.
Like I said back in the fall, it’s time we get rid of all the bastards who were in charge at the local, state and federal levels. If it was me and I had people whining about the placement of some mobile homes near their houses, in the aftermath of a natural disaster mind you, I’d be sorely tempted to use a little eminent domain on their butts. Or I’d at least put them on national TV and expose their greedy, elitist faces for the whole world to see.
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Just like congresswomen “what’s her face” another elitist group of people who are better than everyone else. No wonder society suffers. It’s OK that other states took in the people from New Orleans. It’s OK that people from N.O. where living in hotels, it’s ok for the federal government to spend millions, it’s ok to raise millions to help BUT! when it comes to local elitist “don’t put them next to me?” And the local/state government backs the elitist? It just goes to show you the state and local government in LA has everything wrong– the whole debacle could be blamed on the state and local folks, period!