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re: From the parish… Meraux Foundation cuts ties with St Bernard EDF over container port
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:27 pm to cyarrr
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:27 pm to cyarrr
quote:founded to administer the (ill-gotten?) real estate fortune of former sheriff Joseph Meraux, and later his partner Arlene Meraux, who died in the 2000s and left no heirs. There’s been shadyness regarding the politicians and lawyers appointed (notably a former longtime sheriff), what they pay themselves for part time work, and controversy over what Meraux foundation land has been used for (such as what was sold for mixed income apartments). They did donate the land for our most recent elementary school, appropriately named Arlene Meraux elementary.
What is the Meraux Foundation,
quote:most people think all the trucks and rail traffic are going to ruin the parish quality of life. That’s the main argument. They’re concerned about the jobs the Port will attract, that there won’t be enough St Bernard residents hired, and also concerned about the impact on wetlands. They’ve also overblown moving a park and an elementary school down the road (the Port is being built closer to Violet, a historically Black town a few miles down from Chalmette). They did get a design changed for the port, which will keep St Bernard Highway in that area viable, as opposed to the original plan where St B highway curved around the facility
why are they adverse to port expansion
quote:the who’s who of St Bernard are on the Meraux foundation and they own the most valuable assets in the parish.
why does their opinion matter?
This post was edited on 4/12/23 at 10:31 pm
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Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:42 pm to chalmetteowl
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Meraux foundation
The ultimate, we were for it before we were against it…
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:49 pm to chalmetteowl
People bitch about living in a shithole like StB and when a massive injection of jobs and dollars comes along, they say no not here. After the fact these clowns will wonder why Houston and Mobile’s container business runs circles around Nola’s. People want business but no side effects. St Bernard already was massively subsidized by the rest of the state and feds when they got dozens of miles of floodwall and flood gates. Then they wanted subsidization for their pumping and drainage system. Now they don’t want a huge economic driver that could help pay back the rest of the state.
Wetlands concerns? What a joke, it’s all land locked by suburbia and 4 lane roads. Not hiring enough locals? Joke. Every excuse they have is a joke. The filing they brought before the 19th JDC was a huge joke that looked like some 3rd graders wrote it. NIMBYs at their best here.
Wetlands concerns? What a joke, it’s all land locked by suburbia and 4 lane roads. Not hiring enough locals? Joke. Every excuse they have is a joke. The filing they brought before the 19th JDC was a huge joke that looked like some 3rd graders wrote it. NIMBYs at their best here.
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