234 Quotes by Kathleen Blanco

The National Guard has been dropping sandbags into it, but it's like dropping it into a black hole,

I don't think we've seen a catastrophic event like this where local governments have lost their entire tax base, ... Each day that goes by puts more governments in jeopardy.

For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.

The movie people tell me they want out of Toronto, ... We've got one producer with big Disney contracts we're talking to. We are looking for television series. That's bread and butter, day in and day out. It's all great business.

Some things worked right this time, ... We learned a lot of lessons from our previous experience with Katrina. Our communications network stayed up.

He will direct the implementation of the state's plan through my cabinet and will coordinate the advisory committees that I will appoint to give me guidance in this rebuilding process,

had the effect of taking away from our first mission: search and rescue.

Southwest Louisiana is now in danger... we feel that it is very important that everyone leave now,

are not going to have a reason at the end to accuse us of misappropriation or misuse of funds.