Rebuilding New Orleans, but poor are still in a muddy mess

Low income renters who have zero opportunity of return right now, rank about as high on the priority scale as public housing residents. They have no voice in this process, though their numbers pre-Katrina far-exceeded the numbers of home owners.
A tyranny of home owners indeed, in this planning process. Having been afforded the right to vote on the plans themselves, homeowners are unhindered and apparently un-bothered by the needs of the absent, working poor.
Perhaps it is the utopian visions of rebuilt, perfect neighborhoods that is clouding the vision of those who value any sense of fair play. Read between the lines folks. It is not about who is present in your meetings, it's about who isn't.

There Go the Neighborhoods

Link to New Orleans Independent Media Center