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To: sandintoes who wrote (112760)	2/22/2006 11:51:47 AM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (1) of 225578

Here's an interesting article. You may be right but I'm not holding my breathe. chron.com Feb. 22, 2006, 7:22AM New Orleans says it won't give free ride 3 City Council members' words to poor trouble Houston officials, some evacuees By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle New Orleans doesn't want its poorest residents back — unless they agree to work. That was the message from three New Orleans City Council members who said government programs have "pampered" the city's residents for too long. The news that some New Orleans City Council members weren't keen on the city's poorest returning home added another layer of discomfort in Houston, where local residents and elected officials alike have stretched to meet the needs of thousands of Louisiana residents in the months after Hurricane Katrina. Chief among the complaints: Houston didn't discriminate when New Orleanians — from the poorest to the richest — filled this city's homes, hotels, motels and shelters. And Houston didn't flinch when nearly 100,000 evacuees needed subsidized housing for up to a year. So why, asked one Houston city councilman, are only the educated, healthy and employable welcome back in New Orleans?

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