Laura has been right on top of the Redwood program for some time. While Tom Lyons was exceptional, I don't anticipate the Redwood tradition to falter under Laura. |
One of the biggest challenges is to get a business person to admit that they have a problem. So I'd say it is certainly one of our top two or three priorities for a Chamber. |
Our biggest problem is giving up fast breaks because we're not doing a good job clearing the ball. Once we fix that, we'll be fine. ... Once we fix that, I think we'll give some of the big boys trouble. |
That's one of the reasons (why) our Chamber of Commerce has decided to take this issue on. If small businesses don't have advocates - and they don't - what chance do they have? |
The first order of business, |
The key is, when the infantrymen are deployed into combat, they can be separate from the forward support company, which would stay in base camp for certain periods of time. But they have to be fed, equipment maintained, and there comes the problem. |
The misperception is that New Orleans is dead. That's not accurate. We had the Radiators [Dec. 9] and we had 750 people, mostly locals. The challenge is to staff the club. People are starved for music. |
The process has been reviewed, and it's been found to be safe. |
These artists understand how important it is to show support for the city right now. |
They've pre-positioned a lot of stocks of food and water and medicine, ... They have been preparing to start up on small reconstruction projects, in particular those that will restore essential services. |
Till the (industry's) distribution infrastructure catches up, you can expect margins to go down and get narrower and narrower. If both plants are expected to buy from a distance, and the cost of transportation goes up, there comes a point where neither plant will be competitive. If that happens, one or both will close or run at a loss. That is a very serious risk. |
We are doing everything we can to give a helping hand to the Mardi Gras Indians, including providing feathers for the costumes. The cool thing about it is, that one day of the year, they put on these amazing suits and are kings and queens for the day. That's what makes it so special. |
We are helping the musicians who mean so much to the overall makeup of the city get back on their feet. One of the main ways we are doing that is by getting instruments and equipment into their hands which they lost doing the storm. |
We can't get enough males in the military who have the capability or who want to be in these support units. That's the basic problem. There are a lot of women who do want to be in these positions of forward support companies. |
We had 300 Indians here last Sunday, and most of them drove in from out of town. |