An enervating sense of helplessness clutches the city. While order was viciously dismantled in our streets, the mayor went to sleep. A City Council that frets about circus animals, rants against distant dams and flippantly insults the Navy seems dumbstruck by the responsibility of preventing murderous riots. Expect task forces, community meetings, committee hearings, political maneuvering and endless finger-pointing. When everyone is blameless, no one is accountable.
Human issues are messy.
Cleaning up after natural disasters is simpler. Then most of us instantly began assessing what happened and how to deal with it. We got busy, looking for things to do. But as we rebuild, we can't ignore the Fat Tuesday fault line that rocked the city to its soul. Aftershocks are coming.