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"To me, the streetcars are the heart of New Orleans and without the streetcars... there is no New Orleans."
-- Clarence Glover
25-year streetcar operator
We met up with Clarence, affectionately known as "Glover" to his co-workers, along the Canal Street line last week. Before the storm, Glover worked exclusively on the picturesque St. Charles Avenue line. But Katrina left that area's intricate web of power lines tangled and torn. There's been concern about the amount of money and effort it would take to restore it. Already, the city's transit agency has laid off hundreds of workers and cut dozens of bus lines, but now the federal government has agreed to kick in millions in loans and subsidies to keep mass transit rolling and get the historic St. Charles line back on track by the end of 2007. That's good news for Glover, who has been spending his time training other operators. He's looking forward to greeting you somewhere down the line in New Orleans.
Photo of Clarence Glover by NBC's Bruce Bernstein.
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That is good news about the federal government's helping out NOLA's mass transit agency. (Though it would be nice if the aid were free-and-clear instead of mostly loans--the way the Bush Administration has been doing for other countries.) Not only because of the streetcars (though I've fond memories of taking the St. Charles line on a trip there some years ago) but because the poor there need mass transit because they've no other means of transportation. I wish Glover luck and hope the St. Charles line is up and running soon.
Now if the schools, hospitals, etc., not only in New Orleans, but also in the rest of Louisiana's storm-ravaged parishes and on Mississippi's Gulf Coast could also get help recovering, it would be great. (Back to President Bush--In Indonesia he announced a partnership with her schools to help them--why can't he do something like that to help New Orleans' troubled schools?) I know how some feel about government help, having seen the cartoon Joe posted, but unfortunately some projects (like the levees shown in the cartoon) are too big and expensive for communities to master on their own. Also, I've a question for those who don't like seeing American communities being helped to recover after disasters--how do they like seeing this money being used overseas instead?
Thanks for another fine post, and happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Olivia Elizabeth Burdon, Peoria, Ill. (Sent Nov 21, 2006 2:21:10 PM)
I'm reminded of this editorial cartoon from a couple months back:
http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/06.08.31.StructurFail-X.gif
Dave would have posted this but he's too oppressed
Joe, Philly, PA (Sent Nov 20, 2006 4:12:55 PM)
It's a shame what 60 years of democrat rule did to the people of that city.
Help I'm being oppressed by the NBC censors ehehhh
(Sent Nov 20, 2006 3:52:45 PM)
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