Wed
Aug 23 2006
02:19 pm
The Institute for Souther Studies' (host of Facing South) Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project has released it's latest report: One Year After Katrina - The State of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast (PDF format). Going to read it now. The executive summary is here.
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