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Article: Barely getting by New Orleans still overwhelmed by storm damage.(Editorials)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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For all the progress New Orleans has made in the 11 months since Hurricane Katrina wiped out 80 percent of its housing and scattered more than half of its residents to the four winds, some of the city's essential services remain in desperate shape.
Topping everyone's list is the devastated criminal justice system. Though the city's population remains well below pre-Katrina levels, 21 people were murdered in July, just shy of the 22 monthly murders New Orleans averaged in the 3 1/2 years before the storm.
National coverage of the killings scares away potential tourists, a mainstay of New Orleans' economy, which further hinders the city's ability to get ...