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Thursday, November 08, 2007

The NOLA Bonus March of 2007

While New Orleans's homeless shelters wait for Road Home funds to open more beds, an increasing number of the city's homeless are camping out in Duncan Plaza right in front of City Hall challenging even clueless city officials to at least notice them.

The encampment has sparked a few comments at public meetings of late. During a recent retreat of the City Council, several members identified the encampment as a problem. On Wednesday, members of the Downtown Development District board echoed that sentiment. A district staff member said the city's chief administrative officer, Brenda Hatfield, told him that the city "is going to do something" about it.


A pledge to "do something about it" is kind of an ominous statement from a government preparing for hearings on a pending budget request for "Harry Lee Tanks".

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