Tim Coulon
Tim Coulon
building consider criticized dome five foolish mass shelter
It would be foolish on our part not to look at the building with the need to modify it as a shelter, ... Obviously, if we don't consider the use of the Dome as a shelter then we shouldn't use it at all. Won't we be criticized five years from now if we don't take into consideration the use of the building for some anticipated mass evacuation?
blew katrina longer talk
Katrina blew that out of the water. There is no longer any talk of a new stadium.
consider expansion legitimate quite
I think it's quite credible, ... We consider that to be a legitimate expansion of the building.
dome saved
If I was the mayor, I would have had to do the same thing. The dome saved lives.
covered eaten hopefully insurance million rest
That $475 million of insurance is going to be eaten up quickly, ... The rest hopefully will be covered by FEMA.
ambitious available beginning facility highly looking unlikely
It's highly unlikely we would have the facility available at the beginning of the season. We're looking at November, but again, that's an ambitious schedule.
interested people resolve
If the interested people want to resolve an issue, we can resolve it.
citizens control exactly leadership parish position
As a whole, I think he did exactly what the citizens of the parish expected: to take control and take a leadership position in getting us through the disaster,
building city enhance faced future largest mayor open
There isn't a mayor in the future that, faced with the same set of circumstances, wouldn't open up the largest building in the city as an evacuation shelter, ... But if you're not going to enhance it, then you can't use the building.
damage rectify
If there's some damage to those buildings, we're going to rectify that,
dome intended inviting logistics sheer size
The dome was never intended to be an evacuation center. Its sheer size makes it inviting to use, but the logistics make it difficult.