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Texan

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Mayor: New Orleans 'piled it on' for $77 billion lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) --
Only $1 billion of the $77 billion the city is seeking from the Army Corps of Engineers is for infrastructure damages it says it suffered because of levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina. The rest is for such things as the city's tarnished image [Note from Texan: LMFAO :lol2:] and tourist industry losses.

The city "looked at everything and just kind of piled it on," Mayor Ray Nagin said.

"We got some advice from some attorneys to be aggressive with the number, and we'll see what happens," he said.

New Orleans has joined big business and thousands of homeowners in filing claims seeking compensation from the corps for damages sustained when the levees broke during the 2005 storm, flooding 80 percent of the city.

The claims allege poor design and negligence by the corps led to the failure of flood walls and levees.

The city attorney's office also considered such things as "decreases in the city's image, tourist industry activity and potential business industry, losses in the tax base and generated revenue, and a decrease in the city's overall population," in making the assessment, according to a statement from City Hall.

A spokeswoman for the mayor could not explain how the city quantified losses not tied to infrastructure. A 43-page form filed with the corps, reserving the city's right to sue for $77 billion, also provides little insight. It does not quantify "loss of tax revenue," for example, and supporting documents for city-owned properties, such as a police crime lab and libraries, omit any estimates of property values or flood-related damages, The Times-Picayune newspaper reported Saturday.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/03/katrina.claim.ap/
 

Mike

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There ain't enough money in the world to satisfy those folks.

I say cut the damn levees and fill the whole stinkin mess up with water.

With them in it........... Make a real "Chocolate City" out of it.
 

Econ101

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The biggest problem is that the long term scenario with the "best science" is more sinking by the New Orleans basin and therefore the problem continually gets worse.

Most of the areas now below sea level were not below sea level 100 years ago. Pumping of fresh water, oil, and a natural sinking without the added silt the overflowing river brings will continue to lower the basin. The highest land is near the river where over the years, the silt has been laid down and built.
 

jigs

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the past 50 years, how much money was sent into N.O. for levee repairs and maintenance..... and of that number how much was funneled off and wasted


it is one corrupt city, with this prick Nagen as the corruption king.

I agree, flood the works! it ain't worth the money to fix.
 
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Anonymous

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Sandhusker said:
Flood it - think what a great fishing hole it would be with all that structure!

I was thinking it would make a great gator farm- and those that didn't leave like the last time they were told could supply the first of the food supply for them....Nagin included..
 

Texan

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Mike said:
There ain't enough money in the world to satisfy those folks.

I say cut the damn levees and fill the whole stinkin mess up with water.

With them in it........... Make a real "Chocolate City" out of it.
Mike, you spend way too much time trying to be politically correct. You really need to watch that. :lol:

In fact, it's not just Mike, all the rest of you need to watch it, too. :lol2:
 

Steve

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so far at best count since Katrina 60 billion has been allocated...

I say let them win their lawsuit...tally up the money the US has spent in New Orleans since they first went on the public trough and send them the bill, for the balance due.
 

Cal

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Pumping of fresh water, oil, and a natural sinking without the added silt the overflowing river brings will continue to lower the basin.

No **** ? Water and oil wells cause it to sink faster? Then pump away!
 

Mike

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It's a Quagmire! Pull our Troops Out!
03/05/2007 7:18:50 AM PST


NEW ORLEANS - A security guard at a FEMA trailer park was shot and killed Monday in the latest violence to wrack the city, still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Police said.

The shooting, around 5:15 a.m., was at a trailer park in Gentilly, a section of the city that flooded during Hurricane Katrina. A few hours earlier, another man was shot and killed near the Guste public housing complex.

The latest killings brought the number of homicides in the city to at least 32 this year. Last year, New Orleans counted 161 homicides.

Police spokeswoman Sabrina Richardson said the security guard was shot in the face. She said two other security guards were on duty at the time, but one was at the park’s back gate and another was in a bathroom. The other guards told investigators they did not hear the shot, Richardson said.

Police shut down the exits to the trailer park and went door to door asking residents about the incident.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency had personnel on the scene Monday morning, but did not immediately have any details about the incident.



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