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September 8, 2005
I thought it was the only place with the room to take them in
The 19th Hole, in an article on evacuation of New Orleans, suspects that Houston was chosen as the refugee location to reduce black and Democratic political power.
That doesn't sound plausible. The article mentions Memphis as a closer alternative, but Huston has more than three times the population of Memphis. Huston was likely the only place that could hold all the refugees without overwhelming public services.
Posted by OneEyedMan at September 8, 2005 1:31 PM
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