Give New Orleans time.(Editorials)(The right recovery plan could correct inequities)(Editorial)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | February 28, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: The Register-Guard

Pragmatic "just do it" Oregonians are undoubtedly wondering why it's taking so long for New Orleans to dig out from under the debris left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita last summer.

There isn't a simple answer; in fact, the issue is so complex it makes your teeth ache. For starters, the you've-got-to-see-it-to-believe-it scale of destruction ensures that rebuilding New Orleans will present public officials at all levels of government with unprecedented challenges.

Those challenges began in Washington, D.C., before the ...

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