New Orleans' Homeless Not A Priority

Everyone at some point, in their life, has reached out to those in need. Can you imagine a City with funds to help the homeless does not feel it is an important enough issue to release the funds? Well, that is exactly what is going on in New Orleans:

UNITY is living up to its end of the deal, but its cash coffers are nearly empty. That's partly because of delays by the city, which has not delivered $264,000 it promised for UNITY's efforts.

On Thursday, Mayor Ray Nagin said the city will make good on its obligation.

"All UNITY has to do is submit the invoices and they will get their reimbursement," he said.

According to mayoral spokeswoman Ceeon Quiett, UNITY had submitted all of the necessary paperwork as of Wednesday. The mayor said he wasn't aware of that, and that he has instructed his staff to expedite the process.

Um...how are other funds handled?

New Orleans' Homeless

Many people are concern about the present homeless condition in New Orleans. Some of the homeless are transplants from other states who arrived in The Big Easy after Hurricane Katrina with hopes of finding employment. After the hurricane, I met several people traveling to New Orleans with hopes that they would somehow find any type of employment with the rebuilding efforts.

Of the estimated 12,000 homeless in New Orleans, I wonder how many are transients from other states.