No to PONO is not a no to growth

 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

S O S Save Our St Bernard  https://sostbernard.org/

https://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2022/01/it-would-be-absolute-tragedy.html

https://sbpg.viebit.com/player.php?hash=lKrmXKlXBDtF

I am against what is going to disrupt our parish as a whole

If its going to disrupt our quality of life I don't want it at all

Parish President

around the 1:07 minute mark

If anyone here, or any resident, or any business that's here or that's coming here, or any entity

if you think that I'm going to waste my time and our citizens time on requesting infrastructure for some other entity?

I anybody thinks, anybody, if a board member at the port of new orleans thinks I'm going to waste St Bernard Parish time and capital and requests for anything other than St Bernard's needs, and if you think I'm going to ask for one penny for the port of new orleans? 

We know what we're going to be asking for from the administration side and its all about future development, current development, past mistakes, drainage, we need it all.

I am going to spend my time on needs for our citizens with Parish Govenment infrastructure for our citizens. I will not spend one second on trying to get infrastructure that's going to help, hurt, or whatever the port of new orleans

It's not going to happen