Old worries may still plague new New Orleans

[maseman]

Source: MSNBC/AP

NEW ORLEANS - Two years after Hurricane Katrina, much of the “city that care forgot” still lies in ruins. But Otis Biggs’ task as he shuffles his Tarot deck this moist August day is to peer into the future to 2015, the storm’s 10th anniversary.

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The failure of federally funded, state-administered recovery programs to quickly take hold, and the city’s struggle to define and fund plans for neighborhood redevelopment, have shaken confidence about New Orleans’ short-term future. Mayor Ray Nagin favors a “market-driven” recovery of the city. Critics say he has not made the tough decisions necessary to get planning for the city’s future moving into high gear.

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So sad. I loved Nola. I haven't been since Katrina and may never go back. I know my tourist money helps but it is so depressing what happened. Besides Iraq this will be by far the one thing I will never forgive George Bush for.

[pitohui]

1. that tarot room is totally a tourist feel good room and not a real reading

maybe i'm a snob but that's my opinion of it and i would not put any faith in that individual's reading