Stop the Persecution of Homeless Katrina Victims

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, 12,000 people remain homeless in New Orleans, many of these becuase of the storm. Thousands remain stuck in FEMA trailers that are posioned by toxic amounts of formaldehyde. Soon they will be forced to evacuate the trailers due to this poison. Many of them will also become homeless. Worse still, the city is using the hurricane as an excuse to demolish perfectly good public housing, driving rents higher by hundreds of dollars a month.

The bad news coming out of City Hall for these homeless victims is that the New Orleans City Council is considering an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp on public property and use motor vehicles for habitation purposes.

The effect of this law will be to force a good number of New Orelans' homeless, many of whom were merely victims of a vicious hurricane, to choose either leaving the city they call home, or be arrested.

Please take a moment to view this YouTube video, made by law students working over spring break to bring justice to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In it, you will see a small snippet of the current state of life for many hurricane victims.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRiv-cx8kt8

Then write to the New Orleans City Council and Mayor Ray Nagin and let them know that the world is watching them and how they treat the most vulnerable in their city. Tell them to oppose Calendar No. 26,928. Please keep all correspondence respectful!

The law will be considered on May 1, 2008, and is called Calendar Number 26,928 (creating N.O. City Code sec. 54-419).

The Sponsor is City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell and you can write to her at:

City Hall, Room 2W20
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1040
Fax: (504) 658-1048
CHMorrell@cityofno.com

You may also contact other city councilmembers as follows:

City Councilman Arnie Fielkow
(President)
City Hall, Room 2W40
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1060
Fax: (504) 658-1068
AFielkow@cityofno.com

City Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson
(Vice President)
City Hall, Room 2W50
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1070
Fax: (504) 658-1077
jbclarkson@cityofno.com

City Councilwoman Shelley Midura
City Hall, Room 2W80
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1010
Fax: (504) 658-1016
SMidura@cityofno.com

City Councilwoman Stacy S. Head
City Hall, Room 2W10
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658 -1020
Fax: (504) 658-1025
SHead@cityofno.com

City Councilman James Carter
City Hall, Room 2W70
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1030
Fax: (504) 658-1037
JCarter@cityofno.com

City Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis
City Hall, Room 2W60
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 658-1050
Fax: (504) 658-1058
CWLewis@cityofno.com

Contact Mayor Ray Nagin as well:

Mayor Ray C. Nagin
Mayor's Office
1300 Perdido St., Room 2E04
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 658-4900
e-mail through the City Website at
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=35&load=~/SystemModules/Contac...

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[pyperr6]

Mayor Ray C. Nagin

Mayor's Office

1300 Perdido St., Room 2E04

New Orleans, LA 70112

(504) 658-4900

[pyperr6]

YOU CAN HELP!!!

Write to the New Orleans City Council and Mayor Ray Nagin and let them know that the world is watching them and how they treat the most vulnerable in their city. Tell them to oppose Calendar No. 26,928. Please keep all correspondence respectful!

The law will be considered on May 1, 2008, and is called Calendar Number 26,928 (creating N.O. City Code sec. 54-419).

[pyperr6]

Thanks to Shannon, Tim, Li Lian, Annie, and everyone else for their help on this!!

[michaelwitheyjr1]

@whitemanisthedevil Can you blame him? I cant stand you fucks either! bunch of worthless pieces of shit!!! You hate us openly and were supposed to kiss your pitch black asses then give you a pile of food stamps and a place to live and childcare for your little monkeys!!! FUCK YOU ALL!!! I WISH THE FUCKIN WATER HAD GOTTEN THE LOT OF YOU!!!

[michaelwitheyjr1]

@princec816 You are an idiot!

[michaelwitheyjr1]

Nagin was a sick dictator after Katrina. A lie and crook that stole an election by fear and prejudice! The people of New Orleans deserve the hurt they feel because they are a bunch of hateful people that love their crack more than they do their family's!!!

[michaelwitheyjr1]

Nagin was a sick dictator after Katrina. A lie and crook that stole an election by fear and prejudice! The people of New Orleans deserve the hurt they feel because they are a bunch of hateful people that love their crack more than they do their family's!!!

[michaelwitheyjr1]

Nagin was a sick dictator after Katrina. A lie and crook that stole an election by fear and prejudice!

[TheTerminator97]

lol @ the claim we are "persecuting" these subhuman niggers.

Persecution to them means they aren't getting enough handouts!

[FreeDayton]

Right... I know... this was all horrible... no one cares!

Please Stop the war and hate.

Peace and love mate.

[pearlthirteen]

Where were these people when other disasters happen to other parts of the country? I totally agree with your comment.

[pearlthirteen]

"you people is the people we entrusted to help us out"-so you say. Thats the problem in American, you come to think that just because its America, you are entitled to get any help from anybody. Guess again, help only comes for those who ask for it or show that they need it. Lines like that really pisses me off. I will help but I dont need to be told to do so.

[ArmySkitzo]

are the people themselves doing anything besides asking for someone else to do something? Shit happens. deal with it