Word: blanco
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...pieces have come together for a real plan to get money to homeowners for rebuilding. Two weeks ago, George W. Bush promised to ask Congress for an additional $4.2 billion for that purpose. That would come on top of $6.2 billion allocated last year. Within days, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco proposed a $7.5 billion plan that relies on the federal money. It would make available to the owners of storm-damaged homes a combination of grants and affordable loans worth up to $150,000, depending on the prestorm value of the house, minus whatever insurance payouts and Federal Emergency Management...
...Governor Blanco's new housing formula, which improves on one put forward by Nagin, has the advantage of allowing people to rebuild pretty much anywhere. But there's one important catch: wherever they build, they must meet stringent new state building codes and FEMA rules that require houses in low-lying areas to be raised several feet above ground level. The most flood-prone neighborhoods, many of them poor, will probably require the most new protections, at a cost that could discourage residents from going back to the same spot...
...each bank of the Mississippi) consisting of engineers and other specialists. The consolidation, which must still be approved by voters in September, was an essential signal to Congress that money sent to Louisiana would not drop down a sinkhole. "These boards will operate to the highest ethical standards," promised Blanco. "No politics. No patronage. No brother-in-law deals...
...matter how often Nagin pleads his town's case in Washington, it's clear that "New Orleans needs help inside the Beltway with Republicans," says Stonecipher, and the Landrieus know it. When President Bush visited New Orleans recently, Mitch Landrieu was constantly at his shoulder, not Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, notes Stonecipher. Mary Landrieu, for her part, last month named a Republican as her chief of staff...
...dare you include Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco in your Worst Governors list! She has moved forward despite political hurdles that other hurricane-prone states haven't had to face. She has confronted catastrophic conditions never before faced by any Governor. I am disgusted with TIME.CAROLYN HITT Baton Rouge...