DALLAS, Texas (WFAA ABC 8) - New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is in Dallas today to host a town meeting.
He hopes to convince evacuees to return to the "Big Easy."
The displaced residents will also have an opportunity to share their thoughts with the mayor.
Tonight's meeting is at Fellowship Baptist Church in Dallas; tomorrow he will be in Fort Worth.
Thousands of New Orleans attended a similar meeting in Houston earlier in the week.
Nagin to issue plea in Dallas to New Orleans
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Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:A thousand people died in that under sea level grave in he wents people to come back to it. Many a person are already moved in they don't went to go back with no store or gas station. So at least the 9th ward will hopefully be in the history books now.
Take time to know what you are talking about before you post. Thanks!
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Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:A thousand people died in that under sea level grave in he wents people to come back to it. Many a person are already moved in they don't went to go back with no store or gas station. So at least the 9th ward will hopefully be in the history books now.
"Hopefully the 9th ward will be in the history books"
Okay, WHY???
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Lindaloo wrote:Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:A thousand people died in that under sea level grave in he wents people to come back to it. Many a person are already moved in they don't went to go back with no store or gas station. So at least the 9th ward will hopefully be in the history books now.
"Hopefully the 9th ward will be in the history books"
Okay, WHY???
I'm listening, too.
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Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:A thousand people died in that under sea level grave in he wents people to come back to it. Many a person are already moved in they don't went to go back with no store or gas station. So at least the 9th ward will hopefully be in the history books now.
A word to the unwise: you ain't from around here, sparky, so don't presume to know what people from around here think.
No store or gas station? There are plenty of open stores and gas stations in New Orleans. Some areas of the city are nearly fully repopulated (and some of these areas didn't flood and/or aren't below sea level). I've been down there every weekend for the past month raising hell in restaurants, shopping malls, and bars.
And I too, would like to know more about your history-book 9th Ward. Many of the people who lived there would really love to come home.
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vbhoutex wrote:Nagin has been in Houston in the last week for a town hall meeting too. From what I can gather a large portion of the population is choosing not to return, at least that is what I am gathering from tidbits on the news, etc. Apparently Nagin is on a "campaign" to get them to return.
That is his agenda. He has gone as far as to offer free "wireless" service in Orleans.
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sunny wrote:vbhoutex wrote:Nagin has been in Houston in the last week for a town hall meeting too. From what I can gather a large portion of the population is choosing not to return, at least that is what I am gathering from tidbits on the news, etc. Apparently Nagin is on a "campaign" to get them to return.
That is his agenda. He has gone as far as to offer free "wireless" service in Orleans.
IMO, that is sad. NO has so much more to offer(or did before Katrina) than free wireless. He should be promoting jobs and housing allowances or something like that for those that return to help rebuild, not freebies.
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vbhoutex wrote:sunny wrote:vbhoutex wrote:Nagin has been in Houston in the last week for a town hall meeting too. From what I can gather a large portion of the population is choosing not to return, at least that is what I am gathering from tidbits on the news, etc. Apparently Nagin is on a "campaign" to get them to return.
That is his agenda. He has gone as far as to offer free "wireless" service in Orleans.
IMO, that is sad. NO has so much more to offer(or did before Katrina) than free wireless. He should be promoting jobs and housing allowances or something like that for those that return to help rebuild, not freebies.
The fact is, David, Nagin is getting desperate. He HAS to get people back here, but people are afraid to come back. That is a FACT. Can't sugar-coat it.
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vbhoutex wrote:sunny wrote:vbhoutex wrote:Nagin has been in Houston in the last week for a town hall meeting too. From what I can gather a large portion of the population is choosing not to return, at least that is what I am gathering from tidbits on the news, etc. Apparently Nagin is on a "campaign" to get them to return.
That is his agenda. He has gone as far as to offer free "wireless" service in Orleans.
IMO, that is sad. NO has so much more to offer(or did before Katrina) than free wireless. He should be promoting jobs and housing allowances or something like that for those that return to help rebuild, not freebies.
I doubt he is offering free wireless to the exclusion of other services, jobs, and recovery intentions.
I dislike Nagin but as mayor of the city it is expected of him, is it not, to get the city back to what it once was, and that will require trying to get its people back, too.
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cnn.com
New Orleans launches free wireless Internet
Thursday, December 1, 2005; Posted: 9:57 a.m. EST (14:57 GMT)
New Orleans' wireless service covers the French Quarter and the central Business District.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans is starting the nation's first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city, a move aimed at boosting the city's stalled economy.
Mayor Ray Nagin made the announcement at a late morning news conference.
Similar projects elsewhere have been stalled by stiff opposition from telephone and cable television companies aimed at discouraging competition from public agencies.
Nagin said the system started operation Tuesday in the central Business District and the French Quarter. It is to be available throughout the city in about a year.
The system uses hardware mounted on street lights to cover the city.
Most of the equipment was donated by three companies: Intel Corp., Tropos Networks and Pronto Networks.
The system will operate at 512 kilobits per second as long as the city remains under a state of emergency.
That will be slowed once the state of emergency is over -- that date has not been determined -- to 128 kps in accordance with state law, which restricts government-owned Internet service.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
New Orleans launches free wireless Internet
Thursday, December 1, 2005; Posted: 9:57 a.m. EST (14:57 GMT)
New Orleans' wireless service covers the French Quarter and the central Business District.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans is starting the nation's first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city, a move aimed at boosting the city's stalled economy.
Mayor Ray Nagin made the announcement at a late morning news conference.
Similar projects elsewhere have been stalled by stiff opposition from telephone and cable television companies aimed at discouraging competition from public agencies.
Nagin said the system started operation Tuesday in the central Business District and the French Quarter. It is to be available throughout the city in about a year.
The system uses hardware mounted on street lights to cover the city.
Most of the equipment was donated by three companies: Intel Corp., Tropos Networks and Pronto Networks.
The system will operate at 512 kilobits per second as long as the city remains under a state of emergency.
That will be slowed once the state of emergency is over -- that date has not been determined -- to 128 kps in accordance with state law, which restricts government-owned Internet service.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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