Word: mason
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...project. What the university got instead, in a deal cut by then HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros and New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, was full authority over the housing of 55,000 people--10% of the city's population--in 10 projects. The agreement allowed Tulane senior vice president Ron Mason, the new de facto head of HANO, to undertake a complete reorganization of the agency...
...Wisely, Mason and Tulane first tackled nuts and bolts. They evicted criminals and drug users, reduced the backlog of work orders by 9,000 and improved response times for such things as plumbing repairs from months to days or hours. Just as important, they enlisted the support of citywide tenant groups who had once fought HANO bitterly...
According to Mason, the situation is not dire...
...Mason said departures such as Feagin's were notunusual...
...uncommon in big institutions near theend of a successful campaign for otherinstitutions to try and get important people fromthat campaign, Mason said...