Coast leaders protest Bush visit

From the Mississippi Democratic Party:

Coast leaders protest Bush visit and slow Katrina recovery

GULFPORT (Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008) – Gulfport City Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines and other Democrats, residents and business leaders from Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties will hold a news conference at noon Wednesday in front of what used to be the Gulfport library.

While President Bush is set to meet privately with community leaders late Wednesday, Holmes-Hines, and other Coast Democrats, residents and business leaders will talk about how his Hurricane Katrina recovery effort has fallen way short. Many businesses have been unable to reopen and residents unable to rebuild or find affordable housing nearly three years after Katrina struck.

That’s not all: Coast residents and business leaders also plan to talk about how the failing national economy, skyrocketing gasoline prices and steady loss of jobs has affected their community, the state of Mississippi and the entire nation.

And we can expect more of the same if voters elect Republican John McCain as president and Roger Wicker as U.S. senator – both of whom have opposed Katrina recovery efforts and would continue the same, failed Bush policies of the past eight years.

WHAT: The Mississippi Democratic Party sponsors a news conference and rally in
reaction to President George W. Bush’s visit to the Mississippi Coast
WHO: Gulfport City Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines will lead the news conference;
other Coast Democrats, residents and business leaders will attend and speak
WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
WHERE: Parking lot of the former Gulfport city library, heavily damaged by Katrina, 1300 21st Ave.