Here is the “Message From Homeless New Orleanians" ad from Katrina victims

Homeless Katrina Victims Forced To Take Out Ad To Get Congress’ Attention

According to one of President Bush’s advisers, Katrina “has fallen so far off the radar screen, you can’t find it.” Meanwhile, Congress has not yet approved funding to repair New Orleans’ broken levee system. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has threatened to keep the Senate in session through holiday recess unless funding is approved for flood protection, and she is backing a D.C. rally tomorrow that hopes to bring attention to the issue.

A group of Katrina evacuees has taken action to counter the federal government’s apathy. In today’s edition of Roll Call, displaced residents of the Lakeview section of New Orleans purchased a full-page ad chastising the response thus far to Katrina. Together, they pooled some $10,000 to purchase the “Message From Homeless New Orleanians,” with the purpose of reviving awareness about their city’s perilous situation.

more...
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/13/homeless-katrina-victims/

the ad... pdf file...
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-images/upload/RollCallad.pdf

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I had wondered about it.

We cannot forget New Orleans and the people who lived through hell.

if lakeview is lost, a large area that serves students, academics, and the highly educated and middle to upper middle class to wealthy is lost -- the tax base of new orleans in many ways

i don't know what's going to happen with university of new orleans, once a leading university for restaurant and tourism studies, and especially, political studies, stephen ambrose taught there

suno, a university that serves to give huge numbers of black students a chance at a college education, may close forever

i used to live there and have returned to see my old house, words can't describe

the levees must be repaired, and properly this time

And, since the money comes from New Orleans, it can be assumed to be already laundered.

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pdf going on my car and copy on front door instead of wreath.

Demand category 5 protection for New Orleans and Southern Louisiana!!!

Join me in flooding Washington! Louisiana groups have launched an effort to generate 300,000 e-mails demanding category 5 protection for New Orleans and Southern Louisiana. That means effective levees and flood control projects as well as comprehensive coastal wetlands restoration to give Southern Louisiana a critical storm buffer. Please take a second to help spread the word!

Take action now at http://www.democracyinaction.org/GRN/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1521

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