The French Quarter is Fine. What Are You Complaining About?

Opaque and thick-as-a-brick, most of the country believe that things are hunky-dory in the New Orleans, especially in the French Quarter where water didn't destroy every damn thing and some businesses reopened fairly soon after the Deluge. This post from New Orleans Slate reprints a letter from a small business owner in the French Quarter. All is Not OK people. They can't hold on forever. Some haven't and that's a low down dirty shame. I could have used very fowl language to describe the insult to these business owners, but I'll save that for August 29th.

Via Traveling Mermaid

FAQ's about the city from the Official Site of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau

Via Adrastos Blog

Comments

[TravelingMermaid]

Thanks for the link to the Slate post!! This story needs to be heard.

[Schroeder]

I guess those small businesses represent the have-nots: not even in the pool of haves and have-mores who get all the sweet deals with the Bush administration.

[Marco]

S, you know that small business is part of the soul of your city. It's that unique thing that keeps people living there and draws the touristas.