Not Reckless at all
Reckless Abandonment
By Douglas Brinkley
Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page B01
Over the past two years since Hurricane Katrina, I've seen waves of hardworking volunteers from nonprofits, faith-based groups and college campuses descend on New Orleans, full of compassion and hope.
Two full years after the hurricane, the Big Easy is barely limping along, unable to make truly meaningful reconstruction progress. The most important issues concerning the city's long-term survival are still up in the air. Why is no Herculean clean-up effort underway? Why hasn't President Bush named a high-profile czar such as Colin Powell or James Baker to oversee the ongoing disaster?
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There's nothing reckless about the abandonment of New Orleans. The fact is that there's no 'there' there and politicians are at the same time reluctant to turn their backs on an American icon city and unwilling to spend money on a city with no future.