Comments on: Noses are thumbed http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/ Suburban Housewife Gone Bad Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Del http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229705 Del Tue, 06 May 2008 17:02:48 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229705 Well said, Helen!! Well said, Helen!!

]]> By: Helen http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229654 Helen Tue, 06 May 2008 14:31:49 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229654 Last weekend we heard from Katrina-Rita survivors living in SW Alabama, Louisiana and New Orleans. These 'weren't no' fancy condo owners but working stiffs, good people whiplashed by Nature in tandem with slow or no relief, intentionally snarled red tape and poor communications. There 'wasn't no' help in Coden but Tim James had plastered flyers above the water line offering 'no assistance,' just pennies on the dollar for people's homes. There 'wasn't no' quick clean up, just fast work towards putting up a hazardous waste treatment plant. There 'wasn't no' effort to draw down available federal monies by local officials, but what money did come was parceled out to the well-connected. That's just a part of what has happened in one small, neglected community. Ther's lots more of the same in Mississippi and Louisiana. I'd like Sens Barron and Smitherman--and all other officials with the power to look the people of Coden and the whole Gulf in the eye and say what they said. Don't bail out 'no speculators' with losses on fancy properties or beach-eroding, wetlands-destroying development, but do give a hand up to the decent folks doing productive work on the Coast. The senators need to learn more about how connected all Alabamians really are. They and their constituents--and you and I--send 'stuff' down drains every day that hurts upstream waterways and, eventually, the gulf. Last weekend we heard from Katrina-Rita survivors living in SW Alabama, Louisiana and New Orleans. These ‘weren’t no’ fancy condo owners but working stiffs, good people whiplashed by Nature in tandem with slow or no relief, intentionally snarled red tape and poor communications. There ‘wasn’t no’ help in Coden but Tim James had plastered flyers above the water line offering ‘no assistance,’ just pennies on the dollar for people’s homes. There ‘wasn’t no’ quick clean up, just fast work towards putting up a hazardous waste treatment plant. There ‘wasn’t no’ effort to draw down available federal monies by local officials, but what money did come was parceled out to the well-connected.

That’s just a part of what has happened in one small, neglected community. Ther’s lots more of the same in Mississippi and Louisiana.

I’d like Sens Barron and Smitherman–and all other officials with the power to look the people of Coden and the whole Gulf in the eye and say what they said.

Don’t bail out ‘no speculators’ with losses on fancy properties or beach-eroding, wetlands-destroying development, but do give a hand up to the decent folks doing productive work on the Coast.

The senators need to learn more about how connected all Alabamians really are. They and their constituents–and you and I–send ’stuff’ down drains every day that hurts upstream waterways and, eventually, the gulf.

]]> By: Del http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229652 Del Tue, 06 May 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229652 I think I heard recently that Pensacola's city council passed a resolution (worthless, of course) asking to be annexed into Alabama. I guess they are tired of dealing with Tallahassee. So, folks have it bad all over :) I think I heard recently that Pensacola’s city council passed a resolution (worthless, of course) asking to be annexed into Alabama. I guess they are tired of dealing with Tallahassee. So, folks have it bad all over :)

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229617 Kathy Tue, 06 May 2008 12:40:25 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229617 (Yeah, I know LA's not right next door, but I'm thinking of the Mardi Gras connection, and around here cities do non-contiguous land grabs all the time. :) ) (Yeah, I know LA’s not right next door, but I’m thinking of the Mardi Gras connection, and around here cities do non-contiguous land grabs all the time. :) )

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229357 Kathy Tue, 06 May 2008 03:00:59 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229357 I find it rather ironic that all the spam comments here in the past few days have been ads for homeowners' insurance. If the state doesn't care about the tourism (and other) dollars that Mobile, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, etc. bring in, perhaps Louisiana or Florida would be interested. I find it rather ironic that all the spam comments here in the past few days have been ads for homeowners’ insurance. If the state doesn’t care about the tourism (and other) dollars that Mobile, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, etc. bring in, perhaps Louisiana or Florida would be interested.

]]> By: Bill http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229241 Bill Mon, 05 May 2008 21:23:39 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229241 Del, I wish I could say I was surprised. After all, it's all about what's in it for the legislature, rather than what makes sense, when it comes to Alabama politics. Del,

I wish I could say I was surprised. After all, it’s all about what’s in it for the legislature, rather than what makes sense, when it comes to Alabama politics.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229213 Jennifer Mon, 05 May 2008 19:07:38 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/05/05/noses-are-thumbed/#comment-229213 Just where is Mobile anyway??? Have I heard of it? Just where is Mobile anyway??? Have I heard of it?

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