tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15994282.post-1125420583664937312005-08-30T09:45:00.000-07:002005-08-30T09:54:55.546-07:00<span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>This message was posted on Nola.com fourms last night by Ray Garofalo:</strong><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">6412.2. From Junior by </span></span><a onclick="window.open('','CdrRiker','scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=600,heigh=400')" href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=CdrRiker" target="CdrRiker"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ffcc00;">CdrRiker</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, 8/29/05 23:12 ET </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I relayed this message to the President and the CC list about 2 hours ago:<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Henry “Junior” RodriguezPresidentSt. Bernard Parish, Louisiana(504) 278-4200<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Dear President Bush:<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My name is Henry “Junior” Rodriguez and I am President of St. Bernard Parish Louisiana.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My parish is completely flooded from the recent passage of hurricane Katrina. The eye of the hurricane passed directly over my parish and has caused mass destruction and complete flooding.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Of our community of 67,000 citizens, many are surrounded by water and have no place to go. We have NO food, NO water, NO sanitation, NO power, and NO communication.<br />We have no way to rescue or recover our citizens.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Absolutely no attempt has been made to communicate with me regarding the catastrophe that has occurred to the citizens that I represent.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I cannot believe that in a country as sophisticated as the United States of America that the leadership in the White House cannot somehow communicate NOW with me and the local government that I represent.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This disaster is a direct outgrowth of the neglect of the Federal Government to address the costal erosion problem of southern Louisiana.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I implore you to please contact me directly or have the appropriate federal agency respond IMMEDIATELY to this disaster. I am in danger of having many citizens die if they are not rescued now.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On behalf of the citizens of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, I am begging for your help.<br />Sincerely,<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Henry “Junior” RodriguezPresident, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">cc: CNN WWL WDSU WVUE WGNO Times Picayune<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15994282-112542058366493731?l=stbernardafterkatrina.blogspot.com'/></div>Helphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11308748777167521770noreply@blogger.com51