[spectre] fwd: FRAUDSTERS DUPE NAGIN, BLANCO, EXECUTIVES, CNN

[Mathias Hohmann]

this with a few days delay. hope the guys aren't in trouble as some 
lovely websites are offline now. (you won't have access to hano.us) but 
- in case you havent already - check the cnn link and then the video. at 
least two "have no clue"-faces to admire...

hudpublicaffairs at hano.us wrote:

>                          01:00 AM CDT
>                    TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
>
>          FRAUDSTERS DUPE NAGIN, BLANCO, EXECUTIVES, CNN;
>    GROSSLY MISREPRESENT HUD, DoE, WAL-MART, EXXON POSITIONS;
>                 SPAWN FALSE HOPES AMONG BLACKS
>
>   Article: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/hud.hoax/
>   False announcement in full: http://www.hano.us/falsehopes.html
>   Video of false announcement: http://www.hano.us/hudsmall.mpg
>
>An irresponsible, unemployed, middle-class huckster posed as an
>assistant to HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and insinuated himself
>into a Gulf Coast Reconstruction Conference yesterday.
>
>Speaking alongside New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor
>Kathleen Blanco, the poorly-coiffed scofflaw announced that HUD was
>reopening all public housing in New Orleans to former residents.
>
>"It is terribly sad that someone would perpetrate such a cruel hoax
>and play on the fears and anxieties of families who are desperate to
>return to their homes," said HUD spokesperson Donna White.
>(http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr06-neworleansph.cfm)
>
>"We are destroying those homes for good reason," White continued. "It
>is terribly sad that some people can't understand that. That lack of
>understanding speaks for the low level of government education in
>this country."
>
>HUD would like to make the following points perfectly clear once and
>for all:
>
>* HUD will NOT refrain from demolishing 5000 units of undamaged
>public housing simply because they are undamaged.
>
>* HUD will NOT let people come home simply because they want to, are
>part of the city, and constitute a much-needed workforce.
>
>* HUD is NOT encouraging Wal-Mart to withdraw from low-income
>neighborhoods in order to "stanch" the flow of money out of these
>neighborhoods, nor does it prefer "local" businesses.
>
>* There is NO partnership between HUD, health departments and the CDC
>to provide adequate health care to low-income residents.
>
>* A national tax base for public schools is NOT on the horizon of HUD
>or the Department of Education. U.S. public schools will continue to
>be funded from local taxes, which will continue to mean commensurate
>and proportionate levels of funding for schools in rich and poor
>neighborhoods. HUD does NOT believe equality of opportunity must
>begin in grade one, but believes it is a far more flexible concept.
>
>* Also, Exxon has asked HUD to make clear that it will NOT pay $8.6
>billion from its $35 billion in profits this year to close down the
>Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and otherwise repair the damage caused
>by the oil industry to the natural protections surrounding New
>Orleans.
>
>These are all lies, monstrously cruel, generative of oceans of false
>hopes and sadness.
>
>The cruelty of fostering false hopes among a population long
>victimized by U.S. government policies is unfathomable. Virginia L.,
>a would-be resident of the St. Bernard housing project, expressed her
>disappointment succinctly. "George W. Bush lives in public housing,"
>she said. "Why don't they evict him?"
>
>A contractor was equally critical. "I'm not angry at them for pulling
>this joke, I'm angry that it's not for real." (See video.)
>
>May God afflict the perpetrators of this cruel hoax with all the
>varieties of damage they so amply deserve.
>
>Media Contacts:
>
>Donna M. White
>U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
>451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
>202-708-0980
>
>Rene Oswin
>U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
>451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
>r_oswin at hano.us
>
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