Susan Howell Quotations

She found herself in a desperate situation. She's going to rise or fall on the timeline of her decisions.

She found herself in a desperate situation, ... She's going to rise or fall on the timeline of her decisions.

From a political standpoint, any aggressive initiative against crime helps the mayor. If he doesn't do anything, I think that would be more likely to invite opposition.

He has to expand the electorate, and that's a big hurdle. Blacks displaced by Katrina, these people are going to be horribly difficult to reach.

We support autonomy in nursing care delivery and professional development. We make sure our nurses have everything they need to provide the safest care for their patients.

I suspect people not planning to come back will not even care. It seems to me the electorate is going to be more upscale and more white than it was, but what the numbers are going to be, who knows?

The decisions are going to be made elsewhere.

There have been very few times in modern history where we have had the opportunity to rebuild a city from scratch.

Racial polarization is very high over this commission plan and so any statement on the part of the mayor, any ordinance passed by the council is going to be interpreted, 'is this for me or is this against me' and it's going to be interpreted in a racial way by many people.

Some reforms are going to occur simply because the financial pressure is there. It'll be easier to get federal money with these reforms.

There was not enough money to plan for this scenario, because this may or may not have happened.

It really depends on whether or not they perceive this is a place that they want to bring their families ... find a steady job and a place to live.

They've lost a lot of power, because so many of their constituents are gone.

The council's role now is trying to mobilize their constituents to exert public pressure to rebuild the entire city. It's a bully pulpit role.

In order to get large numbers of blacks back into New Orleans would require huge amounts of money.

Certainly the message was directed at African-Americans both inside and outside New Orleans. It's a political message that he intends to be the mayor of a majority black city. But the statement that God intended New Orleans to be majority black certainly could be interpreted as inflammatory by non-black voters.

The entire electorate is traumatized to some extent. They are very worried about what's going to happen to them. They are looking for a candidate who is a savior, a champion.

The legislature is going to be analyzed in Washington to see if these people are serious about spending the money wisely or not.

The logistics of campaigning when the people live in Houston and Memphis ... would be an incredibly expensive campaign. This is an empty city, a city without people.