Quotes by Jay Lapeyre

“No business is going to come here unless we create the right kind of environment.”

“Now, the attitude is you have to do whats good for this city and not just whats good for my business or deal.”

“If the legislators are listening to their constituents and their conscience, they will vote for a single levee board of qualified professionals. If its politics as usual driving their choice, they will choose to fragment the levee board in another patronage politics smoke screen.”

“Fragmented boards cant have the expertise needed to review the Army Corps of Engineers plans for the levee system nor the clout to hold them accountable. Multiple boards cannot be part of a cohesive solution for the region. It is also reasonable to expect that a single board is going to be more efficient and cost effective yielding greater results everywhere for everyone.”

“I see an explosion in grass-roots initiative where people just want change and theyre truly demanding it.”

“(Voters) wish there were an election right now.”

“If its politics as usual driving their choice, they will choose to fragment the levee board in another patronage politics smokescreen.”

“This was a man-made disaster caused by the failure of the federal government to properly construct the levees and caused by the failure of the local guys to notice.”

“The question isnt whether New Orleans is going to take a huge hit in terms of job loss. The real question is where well have to rebuild from once we know where weve bottomed out.”

“It demonstrates the politically elite will fight to obstruct reform in order to protect their backroom property tax deals.”