James Carville: No more denying it -- New Orleans isn't working

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Orleans has given me much. It pains me very much to say this, but our city is, quite simply, not working. I will spare you a depressing litany of details. We all know them all too well.

t seems to me there are three ways that our elected leadership can deal with this situation:

1. Denial. The truth of the matter is we already have our own river. We don’t need another one from Egypt. If we don’t face reality, things will never change.
2. Point fingers and blame one another. I could go back to Washington and get all of that I need
3. Recognize that our city’s strongest asset is the creativity and talent of its citizens. After Hurricane Katrina, citizens demanded major reforms and made them happen organically.

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