C3 NOLA Concern, Community, and Compassion

November 3, 2006

Dear LRA:

This is a challenge to the proposal to count the $200 million to Entergy
towards the requirement that over 50% of CDBG funds benefit low and
moderate income people. We have no objection to the LRA giving $200
million to Entergy, just do not try to count it towards the legal
requirement that at least 50% of the CDBG funds go to low and moderate
income communities. It is unjust and illegal to bail out a large
corporation and the business community with CDBG funds and then say you are
going to count it as helping the working poor and deduct that money from
the funds that are supposed to go to the low and moderate income community.

LRA submitted Amendment 6 on October 25. It proposes to use $200 million
(of the $1.1875 billion allocated for infrastructure under the initial
Action Plan) as grants to Entergy to repair electricity and natural gas
infrastructure in New Orleans . Total estimated costs are $842 million and
estimated insurance reimbursement is $250 million.

FAIR HOUSING CENTER CALLS ON ST. BERNARD PARISH TO REPEAL DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCE; ORDINANCE MAY BAN NON-WHITE RENTERS

http://www.gnofairhousing.org/

The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) calls on St. Bernard Parish to repeal a discriminatory ordinance recently passed by the Parish Council. According to the St. Bernard Parish website, “Except with a special permit, owners who weren’t previously renting out a single-family residence in R-1 zones will now be prohibited from doing so unless the renter is a blood relative…” www.sbpg.net/sep2006.html.

The ordinance’s blood relative requirement will prevent St. Bernard homeowners with covered residences from renting to any person not of the owner’s own race and national origin. The most recent estimates from United States Census Data indicate that whites own nearly 93% of St. Bernard Parish owner-occupied housing. As a result, in most circumstances, only whites would be able to rent most single-family housing in the Parish.

Who's scratching who's back?

From Jay:
To get campaign contributions of james carter go to:

http://www.ethics.state.la.us/cgi-bin/la98/forms/CAN990851/

hit icon and then hit "normal" where says contributions

web site for campaign contributions is
www.ethics.state.la.us

then hit "view reports"

then hit "search for a spefic electronic flier'

then just plug in name of politician you are searching for and follow above
directions

On August 28, 29, and 30th, on the one-year anniversary of the Great Flood to demand:

• Make the right of return real: Reopen All PUBLIC HOUSING NOW!!!!St Bernard, Lafitte, Cooper, Desire, Florida and CJ Peete!!!!!
• Democratically Controlled Public Works program to rebuild New Orleans and Gulf-coast--infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and housing at union wages.
• Moratorium on all evictions and home foreclosures. Rent Control Now!!
• MAKE THE RICH PAY: Tax the oil companies---$1 tax for every $1 price increase since the run up the Iraq war. Immediate withdrawal from Iraq money to rebuild the U.S and World, no money to destroy Iraq.

Monday, August 28: Reunion barbeque and overnight Vigil for solidarity and support in front of the St Bernard Public Housing Development, (3800 block of St Bernard)

Tuesday, August 29: March from St Bernard to the Peoples Commemoration memorial at Congo Square. Meet at 10 Am at St Bernard

Wednesday, August 30: Rededication rally and barbeque at St Bernard, 12 noon