GLAD TO LIVE IN NH FROM HAMPTON NH
There are many reasons I'm glad to be in New Hampshire. The lack of crime and corruption is part of that reason. As bad as we all feel for the people of the Gulf coast region I can't help adding this article from the New York Times to the site today as food for thought. So here it is.
The New York Daily News, Sept. 4, 2005 Louisiana .... (Excerpted)
In the late 1990s, the state's school systems ranked dead last in
the nation in the number of computers per student (1 per 88), and
Louisiana has the nation's second-highest percentage of adults
who never finished high school. By the state's own measure, 47%
of the public schools in New Orleans rank as "academically
unacceptable."
These government failures are not merely a matter of incompetence.
Louisiana and New Orleans have a long, well-known reputation for
corruption: as former congressman Billy Tauzin once put it, "half
of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment."
That's putting it mildly. Adjusted for population size, the state ranks
third in the number of elected officials convicted of crimes
(Mississippi is No. 1). Recent scandals include the conviction of 14
state judges and an FBI raid on the business and personal files of
a Louisiana congressman.
In 1991, a notoriously corrupt Democrat named Edwin Edwards ran
for governor against Republican David Duke, a former head of the Ku
Klux Klan. Edwards, whose winning campaign included bumper
stickers saying "Elect the Crook," is currently serving a 10-year
prison sentence for taking bribes from casino owners. Duke recently
completed his own prison term for tax fraud.
The rot included the New Orleans Police Department, which in the 1990s had the dubious distinction of being the nation's most corrupt
police force and the least effective: the city had the highest murder
rate in America. More than 50 officers were eventually convicted of
crimes including murder, rape and robbery; two are currently on
Death Row.
Ten billion dollars are about to pass into the sticky hands of
politicians in the No. 1 and No. 3 most corrupt states in America.
Worried about looting? You ain't seen nothing yet.
Like I said I'm Glad to be in Hampton NH! Get out and enjoy the day on our Seacoast!
posted by Corazoncitos @ 9/30/2005 03:45:00 AM
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