Thursday, January 17, 2008
- Sun Herald
BAY ST. LOUIS -- U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker came here to get some facts from local leaders Wednesday and left with a singular message: Although Katrina struck more than two years ago, the county is still bleeding.
"I'm here to learn what I can about an area of the state that a lot of people in the country have forgotten about," Mississippi's new senator told elected officials and business people during an evening meeting at the Hancock County complex on Longfellow Drive.
After touring Pearl River County before coming to Bay St. Louis and Waveland, Wicker also gave his first impression of the area post-hurricane: "It doesn't take five minutes in town to see that Katrina is not over."
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