As I drive around New Orleans, I can only see the thousand points of light of the city's rebirth. I guess you'd say I'm in denial about the destruction. I just went through Lakeview where the waterlines are up near my chin if I stand on the front step of the house. Instead of seeing the sadness of a persons entire filthy life being dumped on the sidewalk for a FEMA contractor to haul away for $16/yd, I see that joy in the fact that they returned to clean up the mess. I'm thrilled to see that they do have the committment to rebuild here.
Oh, I drove along the Lakefront, in the past 10 years hundreds of palms have been planted along the Lakefront. All those palms survived, and it looks like that from the lighthouse to UNO should look really good in a year or two. And while we are at UNO, they look really good. Those dormatories overlooking the lake did fine, and the whole campus looks ready for school.
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