Jack Allen

The families coming up here will be people who want to escape New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas permanently,

The families coming up here will be people who want to escape New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas permanently,

What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town read more

What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town develop.

One of the reasons the Council originally objected to the Landmark project was that the applicant did not provide a read more

One of the reasons the Council originally objected to the Landmark project was that the applicant did not provide a shoring plan indicating how the hillside would be stabilized during the excavation. A shoring plan is still not available. If they start excavating they could trigger a slide. With temporary shoring we could at least know how they are going to hold that hill up there.

I know what it is like to be devastated and lose everything,

I know what it is like to be devastated and lose everything,

There needs to be at some point some permanency to this thing. And I think that's what our concern was. read more

There needs to be at some point some permanency to this thing. And I think that's what our concern was. We're not trying to tell Auburn who should be the chief executive officer. (We're) asking them to go ahead and make decisions.