My Choice For A Post-Katrina Federal 'Super Manager'

Columnist Neal Peirce recommends an individual who, as a federal "super manager," has the ability to forge new understandings in Louisiana while being sensitive to social and racial issues.

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September 14, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Failing to plan and act aggressively could mean that many of New Orleans' remaining poor blacks end up in temporary, probably heavily guarded camps of housing -- a nightmarish American Soweto.

But a federal manager, knowledgeable about bureaucracy but also sensitive to racial and social issues, could help forge new understandings. With the carrot of truly big-time national government aid, he could negotiate with officials of historically corrupt and racially divisive Louisiana to reach accords impossible in normal times."

FULL STORY: ost Katrina Super Manager: Great Idea, Time Is Wasting

Monday, October 3, 2005 in The Washington Post Writers Group

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