Oliver Thomas: “It's time to make it right.”

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.

How does that help with 10 or 12 feet of water? The levees, we pray, won't break this time.

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.

If there are leaders who believe that certain communities are not viable, say that. Don't let these communities or these people waste their time talking about rebuilding or coming back home. That would be extremely unfair.