Rebuilding Efforts Going Well In Louisiana

The number of Democrat Governors forced to tread upon worn carpets and look at shoddy paneling has been decreased significantly.

Some members of the governor’s staff will return from the three-day holiday on Tuesday to newly renovated offices at the State Capitol.
Shortly after the two hurricanes, Gov. Kathleen Blanco decided to renovate some of her staff’s offices. At the time of her decision, Blanco also was hinting at deep budget cuts to state programs and the possibility of laying off 20 percent of the state workforce.
The project cost $564,838.
The newly refurbished office space on the sixth floor of the State Capitol includes hookups and mounts for two flat screen televisions, Swedish granite countertops, walnut paneling and frosted laminated glass. The floor, which will not be accessible to the public, was redesigned to add three new offices, a conference room and file storage areas.
About 20 members of the governor’s staff – who focus on constituent services, children’s issues, women’s policies and other functions – will work on the newly restored floor.

Well lets all be thankful that while some people are still without homes in New Orleans bureaucrats in the Governor’s office won’t be deprived their Swedish granite countertops.
Serioulsy though, wasn’t the direction of public funds from pressing and more meaningful projects to the pet projects of Louisiana politicians part of the reason why the levees were in such shoddy shape? Meaning that if some of these politicians had prioritized some spending the number of people killed during the hurricane would have gone down significantly.
New Orleans may be in the process of being rebuilt, but it would seem as though the root causes of the recent disaster down there are still very much in place.
But at least the people of Louisiana are starting to take notice. Blanco recently ranked dead last for approval among U.S. governors.