Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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We need ground transportation to get the evacuees out. We need to get them to shelter, get them to food, get them to a safer environment,
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We cannot simply re-create what those storms destroyed, ... We must make the new Louisiana, smarter, safer and stronger.
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You need to find a safe place to be. It is not safe to find yourself stranded on the highway. Get to the highest ground or the highest building in your area.
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I'm asking all of you to do your very best to get as many people to safe ground as possible. It occurs to me that a lot of people went to bed last night thinking that hurricane was going to Florida, ... I got a report at 7 o'clock that there were about 700 people doing Little League ball in the New Orleans area.
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The effort to restore our state requires a daring, yet realistic plan. A plan based on input from people in all walks of life. A plan created from the ground up. A plan driven by local needs. A plan inspired by innovation, ... We cannot simply re-create what the storms destroyed. We must make the new Louisiana smarter, safer and stronger.
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It is a record for any state to see that kind of growth.
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people are going to have to draw on their inner strength like we've never, ever had to do before. It's going to be, in some neighborhoods, total rebuilding.
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We can use the Astrodome for a place for our folks to begin to normalize their lives, ... This will help us immensely.
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Well, it's a logistical nightmare, ... We have identified other shelters in other parts of the state. Communities are ready to receive these people to help them out.
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We have a huge problem and until we have that breach under control, we will continue to have a problem,
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We have a lot of talent in Louisiana, ... For years, our musicians have had to go to Nashville or New York to record.,
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We will restore law and order, ... What angers me the most is that disasters like this often bring out the worst in people. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights. Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,