William Maestri

William Maestri
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This is a fundamental priority for us, because this cuts to the very heart of our mission, ... to educate and be educated.
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The St. Louis Cathedral is a symbol that really unites all of our city, and this is what we're going to need to move forward,
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The parish president made the decision that he wouldn't risk the lives of the pump station operators, and we evacuated those people to the shelter closest to us, ... You want to know who's responsible for the flooding? Katrina's responsible.
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That is in play, ... These things are very fluid. We just have to make sure we are flexible as we can be.
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It was a matter of saving life, ... You've got to distinguish life from property, and I don't think a lot of people are doing that. I think we're looking for a boogeyman.
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Jefferson has a couple of issues. No. 1, we're going to need to make some requests for commodities and/or fuel, ... We want to handle that through E-Team, Colonel?
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There is an enormous economic and financial challenge facing us as we try to provide that education,
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In the beginning, food and water were pouring in. Now it's trickling, ... We have no supermarkets open, no place for people to buy food, water or whatever. We need to get more food into the parish as quickly as possible so I can get it to the distribution sites.
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The longer teachers work in other places, the less likely they are to come back,