Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
record state
It is a record for any state to see that kind of growth.
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is disappointed by the response, given the immediacy of the need. We're both disappointed. But you know, that's the past, and we have to move into the future.
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people are going to have to draw on their inner strength like we've never, ever had to do before. It's going to be, in some neighborhoods, total rebuilding.
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kick us when we're down, to destroy hope when hope is all we have.
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knocked us down but they did not knock us out.
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Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.
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Katrina and Rita altered the fabric of our society,
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We must give careful consideration to bold ideas while pressing forward with proven strategies,
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights. Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,
asking emergency employees essential federal financial government help local pay public verge
Our local governments are recovering, but many are on the verge of financial collapse. I'm asking the federal government to help pay the regular-time salaries of these essential public employees during this emergency period,
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For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.
advisory cabinet committees coordinate direct guidance plan rebuilding
He will direct the implementation of the state's plan through my cabinet and will coordinate the advisory committees that I will appoint to give me guidance in this rebuilding process,
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had the effect of taking away from our first mission: search and rescue.