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A $2.8 million memorial to COVID victims is being built in Jefferson Parish
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:37 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:37 am
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Three years after Jefferson Parish began burying its COVID dead, it’s building a $2.8 million memorial to them.
In what could become a larger public park in Marrero, the monument is rising from a wide, treeless field in the 5800 block of West Bank Expressway, between a row of manufactured houses on one side and a ditch on the other.
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The memorial, one of the few permanent ones of its kind in the world, is intended as a tribute to the 1,400 or more Jefferson victims of COVID-19. The exact number is not known.
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When Lee first announced his intention for a permanent public memorial, he envisioned two: this one in Marrero and one in Kenner. The Kenner project is still possible but is now on the back burner.
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Jefferson Parish has been collecting names for the memorial, and Lee said another solicitation will be made in the coming months.
He said Jefferson residents who died of COVID-19 are eligible to be named on the memorial. But he doesn’t know how, or whether, there will be a verification process. It might be a matter of trusting the person who submits the name.
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Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:41 am to WPBTiger
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:42 am to WPBTiger
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The memorial, one of the few permanent ones of its kind in the world, is intended as a tribute to the 1,400 or more Jefferson victims of COVID-19.
So probably only about 300 actual victims from COVID?
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:43 am to WPBTiger
Ridiculous waste… this nation is teetering on bankruptcy
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:43 am to WPBTiger
Wonder if that million dollar comb is going to make an appearance near that memorial.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:47 am to Luke
I’m fine with it as long as they publish the ages of the 1,400 people who died of Covid on the monument.
It’s worth the money to have a permanent recording that the average age of Covid death was higher than the average age of death.
It’s worth the money to have a permanent recording that the average age of Covid death was higher than the average age of death.
This post was edited on 2/18/24 at 9:50 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:47 am to jimmy the leg
Pissing away close to $3M and laughing at us while they do it.
Not to mention total cost will probably be close the double the budget.
Not to mention total cost will probably be close the double the budget.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:48 am to WPBTiger
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Notes from Jefferson Parosh covid money meeting
Yes, we have to spend some money or we lose it. A builder said he could build a memorial for 1.8 million. We will split the remaining million between us as consulting fees. All those in favor say Aye!
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:52 am to WPBTiger
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Jefferson residents who died of COVID-19 are eligible to be named on the memorial
They better change it to “with” or there won’t be any names.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:58 am to WPBTiger
About as believable as holocaust memorials
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:00 am to WPBTiger
You cannot steal money that just sits in the bank, but you can steal the kickbacks from spending money!
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:10 am to ksayetiger
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We will split the remaining million between us as consulting fees.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:16 am to WPBTiger
I think you’ll see more of this around the country/world.
I see this as an attempt to make this thing more real/exaggerated than it actually was.
Building a monument/memorial to it makes it more concrete and thus more tangible. I honestly feel this propaganda for the future.
I see this as an attempt to make this thing more real/exaggerated than it actually was.
Building a monument/memorial to it makes it more concrete and thus more tangible. I honestly feel this propaganda for the future.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:20 am to WPBTiger
JP can’t even keep up with the maintenance of their existing parks.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:21 am to WPBTiger
Sponsored by Yo Big Daddy Councilman Byron Lee
Designed, built and maintained by the friends of Yo Big Daddy Councilman Byron Lee!!!!!!!!!
Def not related to the OG Harry Lee.
Designed, built and maintained by the friends of Yo Big Daddy Councilman Byron Lee!!!!!!!!!
Def not related to the OG Harry Lee.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:23 am to YeastExtract
quote:The parish said bye bye to curbside recycling, too.
JP can’t even keep up with the maintenance of their existing parks.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:32 am to WPBTiger
Not my State but damn.
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