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...Orleans, many angry former residents retorted that they were tired of hearing empty promises. "Before Katrina, the man used to give us straight yes and no answers, and we liked that," says John Washington, 40, an owner of a small print shop who lives in the city's Ninth Ward, perhaps the hardest hit by the hurricane. "But I guess you never really know the measure of a man until disaster strikes...
...What angers the Ninth Ward's more than 20,000 residents most, said Hagan's sister-in-law, Jeanette Hagan, is that while a third of the community does live below the poverty line, a myth has grown since Katrina that it "is full of nothing but drug-dealing, non-working poor black criminals, and so the place would be better off just getting bulldozed. Most of the people around here are hard-working middle-class people and homeowners." That same day members of New Orleans' City Council announced they would be seeking help from national development and realtor organizations...
...John Washington, 40, a resident of the Ninth's Holy Cross section who owns a print shop in downtown New Orleans, noted that some of the Crescent City's most prized historical homes and buildings sit in the Lower Ninth Ward. But Washington said he also knows that federal financial pressure may force local officials to abandon the revival of the ward, which also had to rebuild after a major hurricane four decades ago. "I worry that there are a lot of people in Washington who look at not rebuilding the Ninth Ward as some kind of good faith deposit...
...Though New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has yet to announce the Ninth Ward's fate, the Bush Administration, including Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, has advised him that rebuilding it may be irresponsible in terms of both money and lives when the next catastrophe hits. And while Nagin did press for residents to be allowed back in to take a look at their homes this week-and has been vocally supportive of their property rights-he said little to encourage hope that the community has a future...
...Even some residents feel it's time to let the Ninth die peacefully. Across Flood Street from Hagan's home, Dahlre Brown, 42, and her husband, Edward Brooks, 36, warily entered their house after driving in from Brookhaven, Miss., where they plan to settle permanently now. "The fact is," said Brown, watching Salvation Army and EPA vans cruise the block, "this is a crime-ridden area and not an especially good place to raise kids. Over in Brookhaven they've got a 15-mph speed limit for school zones. Here they'll run your kids over." Brown points inside...