Dear President Obama: New Orleans Needs a Surge--HuffPo's Karen Dalton-Beninato

[Louisiana1976]

An Open Letter to President Barack Obama and the US Congress:

As of tonight, a Surge in troops and funding is being proposed to secure Afghanistan. A surge in New Orleans funding and security troops is equally needed. We do not expect your commitment to be open-ended, but please make it long term this time. The city is ready for fewer acts of brazen terror, and increasing safety in daily life will give us the breathing room we need to make progress in other areas such as health care, education, clean soil and life-saving infrastructure.

You are invited to impose security. Strategy, slogans, a new direction, we'll take it all. You are now marching toward escalation; please escalate at home to reassure a crime-weary New Orleans. We will forgive you for the violence overrunning our city for the past four years if the problem is addressed now. We're a very forgiving people. We re-elected William Jefferson. With the new Surge, ordinary New Orleans citizens can see visible improvements in their neighborhoods. Benchmarks could include security, an robust economy and shared oil revenues for residents.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/open-president-obama-new_b_376275.html

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1. recommend

[rudy23]

2. New Orleans is not in the DLC's plans.

You wouldn't want Republicans to think Democrats supported a mostly black, liberal city, would you? They might get mad!

[galileoreloaded]

3. I agree.....Military Authoritarism IS the answer..

I vote for martial law in N.O.L.A., IMMEDIATELY.....