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August 29, 2006

FRAUDSTERS DUPE NAGIN, BLANCO, EXECUTIVES, CNN

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006

FRAUDSTERS DUPE NAGIN, BLANCO, EXECUTIVES, CNN;
GROSSLY MISREPRESENT HUD, DoE, WAL-MART, EXXON POSITIONS;
SPAWN FALSE HOPES AMONG BLACKS

Article (CNN)
False announcement in full
Video of false announcement

An irresponsible, unemployed, middle-class huckster posed as an
assistant to HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and insinuated himself
into a Gulf Coast Reconstruction Conference yesterday.

Speaking alongside New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor
Kathleen Blanco, the poorly-coiffed scofflaw announced that HUD was
reopening all public housing in New Orleans to former residents.

"It is terribly sad that someone would perpetrate such a cruel hoax
and play on the fears and anxieties of families who are desperate to
return to their homes," said HUD spokesperson Donna White.
gov news release

"We are destroying those homes for good reason," White continued. "It
is terribly sad that some people can't understand that. That lack of
understanding speaks for the low level of government education in
this country."

HUD would like to make the following points perfectly clear once and
for all:

* HUD will NOT refrain from demolishing 5000 units of undamaged
public housing simply because they are undamaged.

* HUD will NOT let people come home simply because they want to, are
part of the city, and constitute a much-needed workforce.

* HUD is NOT encouraging Wal-Mart to withdraw from low-income
neighborhoods in order to "stanch" the flow of money out of these
neighborhoods, nor does it prefer "local" businesses.

* There is NO partnership between HUD, health departments and the CDC
to provide adequate health care to low-income residents.

* A national tax base for public schools is NOT on the horizon of HUD
or the Department of Education. U.S. public schools will continue to
be funded from local taxes, which will continue to mean commensurate
and proportionate levels of funding for schools in rich and poor
neighborhoods. HUD does NOT believe equality of opportunity must
begin in grade one, but believes it is a far more flexible concept.

* Also, Exxon has asked HUD to make clear that it will NOT pay $8.6
billion from its $35 billion in profits this year to close down the
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and otherwise repair the damage caused
by the oil industry to the natural protections surrounding New
Orleans.

These are all lies, monstrously cruel, generative of oceans of false
hopes and sadness.

The cruelty of fostering false hopes among a population long
victimized by U.S. government policies is unfathomable. Virginia L.,
a would-be resident of the St. Bernard housing project, expressed her
disappointment succinctly. "George W. Bush lives in public housing,"
she said. "Why don't they evict him?"

A contractor was equally critical. "I'm not angry at them for pulling
this joke, I'm angry that it's not for real." (See video.)

May God afflict the perpetrators of this cruel hoax with all the
varieties of damage they so amply deserve.

Posted by cat at 05:07 AM