Martin Luther King School August 2005
Obama to visit Dr. King Charter School and hold town hall at UNO
By Jonathan Tilove
October 11, 2009, 11:30PM
President Obama will visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in the Lower Ninth Ward and then hold a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Campus on Thursday, the White House announced tonight.
The contours of the president's first visit to New Orleans since taking office now appear complete. Local officials, including Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and David Vitter, R-La., had protested that the White House's original announcement had only listed the town hall meeting. Both asked that he take more time and add stops during Thursday's visit.
So instead of adding events to his itinerary which might emphasize or at least acknowledge the critical emergency South Louisiana faces vis-a-vis flood protection and coastal restoration, the President will, instead, opt for yet another photo-op promoting one of his pet policy schemes at a charter school. At a charter school, and in a neighborhood, destined to flood again (as it did in 2005) if the President continues to ignore his imperative to take action.
Update: Obama ditching early to attend a fundraiser in California You see, he's got so much on his plate.
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