Reply #2: Without QUESTION!! [View All]

[Berry Cool]

Sheesh! "They don't have Texas drivers' licenses"? Hell, a lot of them probably don't have LOUISIANA drivers' licenses!! So the hell what????

That mayor should be ashamed as hell. CLEVELAND has been set up for DAYS to accept about 500 evacuees. Not supposed to get them until tomorrow, because at first they were expecting to get people relocated from Texas, but it turned out most of the people in Texas didn't want to get any further away from home than they already were. Now it looks as if the city is going to get a shipment of whatever holdouts can still be culled from New Orleans.

YOUR town won't help these people, and Cleveland will. Or will try to, anyway. Local merchants and museums and arts organizations have been loading up free goody bags for these people--with tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the zoo, the science center, the museums, Cavs preseason games, comedy clubs, cruises...they're also getting T-shirts, socks, pencils, notebooks, books, coloring books, art studio passes...the Cavs are donating basketballs...The Convention Center is full of cots and has TVs and is ready to serve up food and provide hot showers and medical care. If only they can GET some people there, the city will welcome them with open arms. Some of them may think of the winters up north and say "No thanks," but sheesh, winter is at LEAST a COUPLE of weeks away...

And a town in Texas says no. Sheesh. That's sad.