This hole in the ground

[David Morris]

Our do-nothing New Orleans mayor got in BIG media trouble a few weeks
ago by calling the WTC site a "hole in the ground" on 60 Minutes:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/60minutes/main1933092.shtml

Nagin made the remarks in an interview conducted by CBS News National
Correspondent Byron Pitts which will be broadcast on 60 Minutes,
Sunday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. EDT.

On a tour of the decimated Ninth Ward, Nagin tells Pitts the city has
removed most of the debris from public property and it's mainly
private land that's still affected – areas that can't be cleaned
without the owners' permission. But when Pitts points to flood-damaged
cars in the street and a house washed partially into the street, the
mayor shoots back. "That's alright. You guys in New York can't get a
hole in the ground fixed and it's five years later. So let's be fair."

On 9/12/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This hole in the ground
> Sept. 11, 2006 | 8:32 p.m. ET
>
> This hole in the ground
>
> Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space.
> And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here
> again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was
> yet to happen, as a reporter....
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14687895/
>
> Except for that last line ...
>
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-- 
David Morris