The community has a responsibility for our children. We do not want our children to grow up without these adult connections.

The adoption process is a long process. Right now we have five children going through the process.

We firmly believe it is the right and responsibility of parents to make decisions about what their child reads.

The responsibility is on your shoulders to enact additional ordinances to protect the community, or all these folks, including me, that live near these sites and whose homes are damaged are going to have to hire an attorney.

The No. 1 thing circulating in my head regarding Katrina's impact on the community, is how they will impact our city and how their culture will affect ours, ... We gave them a lot, but they came with a lot, not in possessions, but in their hearts, and their souls and their culture. I want people to see our new neighbors as new assets to our community. This will be great for our city.

These EEOC cases are very compelling and extremely disturbing to those of us in the community.