Paraphrased from recent council meeting:
this council voted 7 - 0 against the Port of New Orleans' project in St Bernard Parish
it was made clear and that opinion has not changed
the intent of the recent council resolution is not for support of the PONO project
St Bernard Parish is the fastest growing community in the State of Louisiana
we have infrastructure needs for future and current development, drainage, sewerage, drinking water, and other improvements for the growing number of newly constructed homes
a well planned economic development strategy is what the current council and administration has been behind and we are in control of that vision and we need to let that vision come to fruition
and we don't like when our vision is told to us, pushed on us, and it feels like that's been the case
We are a very heavily industrialized community
We are busting at the seams on the industrial sector
and it seems the industrial sector is the only sector that can suffocate the residential and commercial sectors because it doesn't need either to exist
so this councilmember will be more questionable of future industrial development in St Bernard than they would be of commercial development, and that's a thought-out strategy that will bolster the continued residential growth that we see in our parish
You can be very pro-economic development and not for every single project that comes our way. Yet it always seems like we get pushed into this corner where if you are against a particular project than you're anti-economic development. It's just not that simple
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