Governor Appoints Panel to Plan Recovery
Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco appealed for an end to the bickering that has dominated Louisiana’s hurricane recovery as she announced the creation of the Louisiana Recovery Authority to oversee the process.
The 24-member panel will be in charge of developing short- and long-range plans to help the state’s households, schools and businesses, Blanco said at the Capitol in Baton Rouge.
The panel will work with a similar commission set up by New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin.
“We can succeed only if we put aside politics and partisanship,” Blanco said.
Xavier University President Norman Francis will lead Blanco’s panel, and former CNN Chief Executive Walter Isaacson will be vice chairman.
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