I used some analogies and probably didn't hit the mark on my message. But I never intended to offend anyone. |
I want to see corporations signing up for conventions, I want to see people coming to visit New Orleans to help us rebound our economy. |
I wish I didn't have to do this. I wish we had the money, the resources to keep these people, ... The problem we have is we have no revenue streams. |
I would like everyone to get out because it's a health risk. Mosquitoes that are biting dead people are starting to fly, |
I would like for everybody to get out because it's a health risk, ... There are toxins in the water. There are gas leaks where we may have explosions. We're fighting at least four fires right now, and we don't have running water. It is not safe. |
I would like to say, write e-mails, send faxes, send letters to your congressmen, to your senators, and tell them 'Let's not delay help anymore,' |
I would take that bet again. |
I'd love to have another solution for our citizens, ... I'm not a big gaming person. I'm not a big gambler. |
I'll be going on in another direction God has for me. I want to ask you to respect my privacy, respect my decision and just respect my right to be by myself. |
I'll tell you one thing I'm not going to do, ... I'm not going to let this city go back to the crime levels we had before. We're going to do whatever it takes. |
I'm a little surprised the admiral came out publicly on this, ... Maybe since I've been away a day or two, maybe he's the new crowned federal mayor of New Orleans. |
I'm always concerned about it because of our levee being so battered and beaten, ... But with the Corps working the way they're working I'm getting more comfortable every day. |
I'm cautiously optimistic. I want to see it happen (Saturday). I want to see it happen next week. Then, when I see consistency of delivery, I'll feel like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. |
I'm going to announce a phased repopulation plan that is going to deal with some of the areas that were least hit by the hurricane and had less water, and then within the next week or two we should have about 180,000 people back in the city of New Orleans, |
I'm going to be a man about this. Whatever I did, whatever I could have done better, I'm going to stand up and history will judge me accordingly, |