Tuesday, October 04, 2005
 Lakeview is a relatively new, mostly wealthy and white area of New Orleans that was almost totally drowned by the exploding 17th Street Canal levee. It's isn't just the poor and black being screwed in this police-state operation. Check out the following commentary by C.B. Forgotston via TheDeadPelican.com Sept.30/Oct.2: "For the last few weeks, I have been hearing public officials talk about the need for businesses to get back into operation in New Orleans. I'm supposed to be a cynic, but as a very small business owner, (sole practioner) I actually believed them.
Apparently, there are business people and then there are business people. I must fall into some other category that is not wanted back in the city. Today, I loaded up a generator, food, water, etc., drove 85 miles to my dry part of New Orleans wherein my office is located. I wanted to get some important records to begin rebuilding.
I was also armed with my business cards showing where my business was located and additionally had been given a pass into the city by the LA State Police. Every time, I attempted to exit there was an NOPD officer standing guard. No problem, I thought, I'd show him my pass and business card and would be waived through, especially since the area where my business is located has been dry for several weeks.
Was I ever wrong!
Each time the officer told me that there was no way that I was going back to my business. When I asked about the State Police pass, I was told in no uncertain terms that the NOPD were in sole control of the city. So much for us very small business people.
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The idea of using Zip Codes from the USPS to determine who gets into a city would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. In some Zip Codes that are open in the City of New Orleans there is still standing water, downed power lines, blocked access roads. In my neighborhood which is in a NON-OPEN Zip Code, there is no standing water and hasn't been for weeks. There are no downed power lines because all the utilities are underground. There is running water and sewerage, but no electricity. So why are we homeowners and business owners being forceably kept out by the NOPD? Why is the NOPD so surly and arrogant about keeping us out?
We keep hearing our public officials tell us that they want us back. They say they want businesses to open. They say they want things to get back to normal as quickly as possible. . . Other than Senator Ed Murray. . . none of the elected officials who claim they want people to return even bothered to show up for a meeting of their constituents.
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