New Orleans Begins The Journey Back

Some good news out of New Orleans...

-Schools are reopening:
First New Orleans School Opens Since Katrina

Greeted by welcome signs hung over the door and in the hallways, students began returning Monday to the first regular public school to reopen since Hurricane Katrina hit three months ago...

-And Mardi Gras will take place, a little scaled-down:
New Orleans Planning Shorter Mardi Gras

City officials on Wednesday announced a scaled-down plan for next year's Mardi Gras celebration that will still cover both of its traditional weekends but be four days shorter than usual.

The hurricane-battered city's plan is to allow eight days of festivities for the annual pre-Lenten party, and to consider corporate sponsorships to help defray the city's cost, said Ernest Collins with city's Office of Economic Development...


Should be noted these are all local developments/victories- still no help from the White House.

Guess Ward Sutton was right.