Free Standing Library

Future Site St Bernard Parish Free Standing Library

If you ever want to end democracy and destroy America, you begin by denying citizens the chance at accessing information and opportunities for education. A people who cannot learn will always be oppressed -- just look at everywhere from Soviet Russia to North Korea.

--NOLA_Fredo comments on Library


We've come along way thanks to our librarians, library board of control, and people who just love libraries.

https://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2008/08/help-plan-library.html

https://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2005/09/building-mitigation-meeting-on-library.html

a community under seige

In St Bernard Parish, neighborhoods are adversely affected by "flawed, secretive" changes to the "master" land use plan; It seems at least two recent changes were agreed upon before public notice, at least one was announced by the administration before public notice. And the public notice is so tiny and vague its difficult if not impossible for residents to participate in the public process BEFORE decisions are made.

On a much larger, egregious scale, St James Parish also implemented "flawed, secretive land use plans" which did not include people. Literally. "A Plan Without People"  " A Plan Without People"

 http://labucketbrigade.org/sites/default/files/A%20Plan%20Without%20People%206.2019.pdf

Louisiana Bucket Brigade
https://twitter.com/labucketbrigade/status/1139230933985452039?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Radium - 226

New Orleans Gert Town neighborhood residents sue City of New Orleans over Radium - 226 in neighborhood. In 2013, the City of New Orleans was made aware of the radioactive material still lingering after removal and remediation project two decades ago.

 "Most of the information the neighborhood has been provided has come from a flyer [recently] posted on doors in the area notifying them of the [removal] work and a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sheet of “frequently asked questions” about Radium-226, which the suit alleges is what contaminated the site."  

"[C]ity crews and contractors in hazmat suits completed remediation work last week..] Residents were not relocated nor provided with the same protections. 

Jeff Adelson
The Advocate Newspaper 


https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_72d32c46-8d6a-11e9-b884-4f877f98ddbd.html

"They’re digging up something now, we don’t know what it is that’s going on," Lassair said. “All they did was put a letter on the door letting us know when they were going to come to do the work, instead of letting it be our choice whether we wanted to be in the environment while they was cleaning up.”

Tidwell said the origin of the radiation producing material is unknown. But, he said it has been properly contained since being identified and is being removed out of an abundance of caution.

Kimberly Curth

Fox 8 News

https://www.fox8live.com/2019/06/10/anomaly-involving-gert-town-radiation-learned-while-planning-superbowl/