SALTER – Mississippi Gulf Coast not worth a look, Mr. President?
President Barack Obama will visit New Orleans on Thursday to survey for himself the progress of recovery from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina – but there are apparently no plans by the White House for a presidential stop in Mississippi for the same purpose.
Surely, Mr. President, Mississippi’s Gulf Coast – the place where Katrina actually made landfall and Ground Zero of the storm’s worst damage – is worth a look.
The Thursday visit is Obama’s first trip to New Orleans as president, although he has made at least five visits in recent years. While Obama visited Mississippi several times as a presidential candidate – Columbus, Jackson, Greenville – he has yet to visit as president.
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