11/20/2007

Presidential Debate NOT Coming to New Orleans -- A Shame

New Orleans received some bad news Monday when the commission that organizes the Presidential Debates for the upcoming election did not choose it as a host site for one of the scheduled debates in 2008.

Sponsors of the the effort to bring a debate to New Orleans next year were extremely frustrated and disappointed, and I think rightfully so, particularly when the reasoning is considered. I used to reference or throw up the link to more "news-type" stories on here, but have gotten away from that the past few months as most of it is negative and doesn't really help my or anyone else's main focus, which is to just help people keep moving forward in their recovery. I think that this story is worth noting, however. The Editorial that ran in the Tuesday, November 20 edition of The Times-Picayune puts things in proper context:

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1195570203231660.xml&coll=1

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