Word: nagin
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...Incumbent Mayor C. Ray Nagin is defending his seat...
...back on track this month. And a few blocks away, KB Home, one of the nation's largest builders, will turn dirt this spring on 58 lots for Orleans-style homes. With $50 billion in private insurance payouts and government help on its way to the region, Mayor Ray Nagin is predicting an "explosion of growth," especially downtown...
...Nagin, who is up for reelection April 22, is finalizing the rebuild plan prepared over four months by his Bring New Orleans Back Commission (see plans at www.bnobc.com). The final release is expected next week. Some 70 neighborhood groups, divided into 13 planning districts, attended a meeting with the mayor last month and have until late May to submit rebuilding plans in each area of the city. Already, neighborhood associations from heavily damaged areas like the lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly and Lakeview are tracking down residents, finding out who is returning and what services are needed. (For a complete list...
...same, the promising new housing formula comes just in time for the beleaguered Nagin, who faces a tough election set for April 22. Last week Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, brother of Louisiana's Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, announced his candidacy. Although Mitch Landrieu is white and Nagin is black, the racial politics of the mayoral contest, which includes seven other white candidates and one other African American, are not clear cut. Nagin came to office four years ago with strong support from the white business community--maybe too strong, in the eyes of lower-income black voters. Landrieu's father...
Something else the hurricane may produce is what Nagin predicts will be "the biggest construction boom this country has ever had." While the poorer districts may be languishing, in some areas there are signs the boom may be happening. Deals are popping up around downtown and along the Mississippi riverfront. KB Home, one of the nation's largest home builders, is racing to start up to 10,000 Orleans-style houses just across the parish line, as well as 58 lots downtown. Bruce Karatz, CEO of California-based KB Home, promises that the houses "will have the New Orleans feel...