16 Quotes by Silas Lee

That exponentially increases the budget for this mayor's race.

What Katrina did was unmask many of the deep social, economic and racial divisions we have in this city. Now the issue of race is not just a political issue but an issue of which neighborhood is going to be rebuilt.

You have two plans on the same track. And apparently they might collide, or will collide, at some point.

Everything reflects the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the demographics of the city. That impacted how many white candidates perceive their political fortunes.

Any time people are displaced, you lose a lot of institutional history and institutional leadership and we hear that many of those people may not return because they fear they will not be able to experience the same level of life. Once you lose that level of institutional leadership and institutional knowledge, it's not going to be replaced immediately and especially when you look at the fact that Katrina altered the demographics of New Orleans overnight.

This is an unprecedented election. That's why there is so much of it we can't speculate on.

Thirty-eight percent is not a lot, but he's not dead.

There's a lot of frustration. Whether or not all the incumbents get defeated, that is to be seen.

They're competing for a job that's essentially monumental rebuilding a destroyed city in an economically constricted environment.