Well, after weeks of wondering who the hell was in charge around here, it looks like our startlingly inarticulate Governor Blanco has finally stepped up to the plate. Later this week, she’s convening a special session of the legislature to discuss levee repair, tax relief, and most importantly, revamping New Orleans’ public school system–’cause goddess knows, coming back to the mess of mold and stinky refrigerators is bad enough without having to deal with the Circus of the School Board Schmucks, too.
Now the only question seems to be whether our initially-promising-but-now-devastatingly-disorganized mayor will shut the hell up and listen, or will he and the school board and every other elected official in New Orleans put up their usual roadblocks and try to rebuild the [former] status-quo? I can only hope they realize that most of the folks who voted them into office will still be displaced by the time elections roll around, meaning that their days are numbered if they don’t start cooperating and making progress.
FYI, if you wanna take a look at Blanco’s complete to-do list, there’s a PDF of it here. I wouldn’t suggest reading it while operating heavy machinery.
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