Pumps' Perplexities

It seems that Ray Nagin has once again put his foot in his mouth,
or has he?......In answer to a news reporter's question as to why
more had not been done in the rebuilding of New Orleans he
reminded the reporter that there was an unfilled hole in New York
City that had not been repaired in 5 years......(World Trade
Center site)......

Boy did a lot of people give him a "flack" for his remark......
But it is true......And the reason for the slowness of repair at
"Ground Zero" and New Orleans' Ninth Ward are the same
LOCAL POLITICS.......Just as much as people in New Orleans
can not agree, so true is the same in New York City......

Every politician wants a "piece" of the financial pie....Special
interest groups want their "whims" fulfilled (they have to prove
to their supporters that 'their' money did something).....

So while there is a lot of 'clucking' in the hen house no one is
producing eggs.......(Nagin did lay a verbal one).....But let's
face it, like it or not, politically correct or not, the fact is
correct and true......Pumps