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    I don't want to speculate, because I haven't heard from him, ... But it's not too late (for Benson) to step up to the plate and be the good citizen.

    It was a Herculean task this morning that we accomplished with the cooperation of Mr. Benson and the commissioner, and I have to commend LSU for their efforts, ... As you know, they are dealing with many, many logistical issues here. No doubt every person in that room was sensitive to not having a negative influence on the recovery. But it was also the sentiment that the Saints need to be a part of our rebuilding initiative. We made the best of a difficult situation.

    We're optimistic about having a meeting this week when the commissioner is in town and Mr. Benson is in town. The governor has made it a goal of hers. I think those meetings are being set as we speak.

    The dome was never intended to be an evacuation center. Its sheer size makes it inviting to use, but the logistics make it difficult.

    We can't be pressured into a situation where the Saints are the only concern that we have, ... If you have to identify the five most important things to rebuilding the region, would an NFL team be one of them Considering the magnitude of the problem that everybody across the state faces, they just aren't that important. The Saints can't dictate what we do with the Dome.


    That 475 million of insurance is going to be eaten up quickly, ... The rest hopefully will be covered by FEMA.

    There isn't a mayor in the future that, faced with the same set of circumstances, wouldn't open up the largest building in the city as an evacuation shelter, ... But if you're not going to enhance it, then you can't use the building.

    As a whole, I think he did exactly what the citizens of the parish expected to take control and take a leadership position in getting us through the disaster,

    Katrina blew that out of the water. There is no longer any talk of a new stadium.

    It would be foolish on our part not to look at the building with the need to modify it as a shelter, ... Obviously, if we don't consider the use of the Dome as a shelter then we shouldn't use it at all. Won't we be criticized five years from now if we don't take into consideration the use of the building for some anticipated mass evacuation


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