On the recordJanuary 10, 2007
Given what we've been through, if six months from now we don't see some progress in this community, everyone who has anything to do with it ought not be around.
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Oliver Thomas
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transcripts.cnn.comGiven what we've been through, if six months from now we don't see some progress in this community, everyone who has anything to do with it ought not be around.
Oliver Thomas expresses urgency for progress in the community's recovery efforts.
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How does that help with 10 or 12 feet of water? The levees, we pray, won't break this time.
I would like to see the city take all of its capital funds, whatever we have, and just spend it. Get together with non-profits, housing agencies, and let them have it. Let them start rebuilding yesterday.
We owe it to them and other families to make sure they are safe, that their streets are clean and that their tax dollars mean something.