Couldn't resist this story. I actually know people who were raised in Puyallup. Kind of like being raised by wolves. But surely there are plenty of lovely folk in Puyallup.
Paul Prudhomme was in Puyallup as part of the Associated Grocer's Inc. trade show.
He urged folks to come on back to New Orleans.
He did Puyallup.
He did not do justice to librarians. Look at this:
Q: How is New Orleans recovering?
A: It's going to be a long time before New Orleans is back to where it was. We still don't have conventions coming to town. We haven't seriously started rebuilding the houses. I live in the Ninth Ward, where the huge devastation was ... there's still trash in the streets and piles of trash on the sidewalks.
[Restaurants have reopened in the French Quarter and Garden District, but in not many other neighborhoods, Prudhomme said.]
Some locals are coming now to eat, but the French Quarter and area makes its living off tourism and has for half a century, and that's not happening now, so it's a hard struggle.
We still don't have conventions coming to town.
Dear Paul,
Please explain how you missed all 18,000 librarians and library vendors who came to town almost a month ago. Most people were thrilled with our presence. They thanked us, personal-like every chance they got.
There aren't any conventions coming to town? We spent thousands, no, millions of dollars in your restaurants, hotels, and shops. And I personally doled out spare change and kind sentiments to your homeless. Almost a thousand of us volunteered from one to three day's time helping clean up the messes and rebuild. So nice to know how little librarians count.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
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