Word: blanco
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...victory speech, Nagin vowed to work more closely in his second term with Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and state lawmakers, who, through the Louisiana Recovery Authority, have more power over how funds will be distributed than the Mayor of New Orleans does. "It's time for a real partnership," Nagin said before a jubilant crowd of supporters Saturday night. "It's time for us to get together and rebuild this city. And when we rebuild this city, we rebuild the entire state...
...Blanco have a rocky relationship, going back to at least 2003, when Nagin endorsed Blanco's Republican rival for governor, Bobby Jindal, now a U.S. representative and likely Blanco opponent in her expected bid for reelection next year. "The last four years, Nagin hasn't worked well" with lawmakers, from the governor down to the New Orleans City Council, local political analyst and pollster Bernie Pinsonat said. "Maybe he's serious this time, but he hasn't been a bridge builder for the last four years...
...familiar dirge emanated from the bagpipes at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif., last week as the coffin of Army Sergeant Joseph Blanco, who died under enemy fire in Taji, Iraq, was borne past two rows of mourners holding American flags. Blanco's pallbearers wore neatly pressed military greens. But the onlookers were hardly regulation: outfitted in leather jackets, do-rags and multiple tattoos, with nicknames like Fugdaboutit and Fat Bob, wearing patches with legends like HEAVILY MEDICATED FOR YOUR PROTECTION, they had roared in earlier by the dozens on Harleys, Hondas and more Harleys, from as near as Palm...
...behavior. Last month uefa and Football Against Racism in Europe (fare) - an organization devoted to countering racism and xenophobia in football across Europe - organized a conference at the Nou Camp to raise awareness. But such measures have repeatedly fallen short, as have paltry fines imposed by the rfef. Rafael Blanco, head of the csd, says that the clubs haven't taken the troubles in the stands seriously enough. "In many cases, those in professional soccer aren't conscious that this is a new kind of violence. They don't think it matters." Evidence of that assertion is easy to find...
...schools destroyed or badly damaged. Of the 60,000 students enrolled before the storm, just 9,831 have returned (that number is expected to more than double by fall of 2007, when a lot of children will find themselves crammed into temporary classrooms). The devastation created an opening for Blanco and the state legislature to achieve a longtime goal of education reformers. During a special legislative session in November, the state took control of the 102 schools that had been performing below state standards. The state now has the power to decide which schools get rebuilt, how much is spent...