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Women Dominate Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows

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Posted on September 15, 2008 - 11:52am at Tennessee Guerilla Women
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Brentwood City Commision Approves UP but not OUT in Floodway

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Posted on September 15, 2008 - 6:39am at Truman's Take
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Flood plain homeowners can add their stories with ordinance change

Caught between Uncle Sam and Ike: Immigrants Continue to Be Forced to Make Sophie's Choice

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Posted on September 13, 2008 - 11:05am at Enclave
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At the end of August, I pointed out that increased ICE raids, including the largest workplace raid ever just before Gustav hit, were dampening immigrant will to flee in advance of hurricanes even with federal and state assurances.

McStain, GOP, Gustav, and NOLA

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Posted on September 1, 2008 - 8:16am at The Crone Speaks
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So, you really think the GOP, and McStain really care about the people in NOLA? AS I remarked yesterday, the rebuilding of the levees that are supposed to help keep the residents of NOLA safe from flood waters, were vastly underfunded, by the GOP.

Should building UP be allowed in Brentwood's Floodway?

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Posted on August 11, 2008 - 6:15am at Truman's Take
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Brentwood officials are testing the waters on revisions to their building ordianances allowing existing structures in a floodway to build UP not OUT.

Brentwood's code is stricter than what FEMA requires.

CROSS proposes North Main homeless shelter

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Posted on June 19, 2008 - 9:34am at Danette Williams
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A house and lot at 262 North Main St., jointly owned by the city and county, may become a volunteer-run homeless shelter and child care center, using surplus Federal Emergency Management Agency...

"Nagin recently suggested a way to reduce this city’s post-Katrina homeless population: give them one-way bus tickets out of tow

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Posted on June 4, 2008 - 6:24am at Stone Soup Station
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Looks like we may have just discovered where many of the new faces might be coming from....

With Resources Scarce, Homelessness Persists in New Orleans SHAILA DEWAN Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Hurricane Katrina: Debunking the Myths

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Posted on April 28, 2008 - 5:19am at Terry Frank
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In case you missed it, Popular Mechanics has an interesting investigative piece on Hurricane Katrina.  Here’s an excerpt:

Debunking the Myths of Hurricane Katrina: Special Report

Tennessee's Turn to Be Let Down by the Bush Administration

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Posted on February 17, 2008 - 11:34pm at Enclave
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George W. Bush's version of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is now disappointing tornado-ravaged Tennesseans like it did New Orleaneans after Katrina. Macon County's homeless tornado survivors are being told that they will have to wait at least a month, probably two, for trailers while FEMA tests them for formaldehyde levels, after dangerously high levels were found in Katrina victims' trailers.

There’s Formaldehyde In The Double-Wide

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Posted on February 15, 2008 - 8:42am at Southern Beale
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Note to Tennessee tornado survivors: you might want to think twice before accepting the gift of housing from FEMA.

After initially denying any health risk existed, the government has finally admitted that those FEMA trailers housing thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors are contaminated with toxic formaldehyde.

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