so much campaigning over the last year or so. so much campaigning over the last year orso. how so much campaigning over the last year or so. how did things stand now? , ., , , year or so. how did things stand now? i, ., ., ., now? it s a pretty straightforward task, this. the now? it s a pretty straightforward task, this. the government - now? it s a pretty straightforward task, this. the government says| task, this. the government says there task, this. the government says there is task, this. the government says there is rightly support for children there is rightly support for children in poverty. free school meals children in poverty. free school meals and children in poverty. free school meals and healthy start for those before meals and healthy start for those before preschool years. but the cut-off before preschool years. but the cut-off for before preschool years. but the cut off for those who £7,400 household income. that means 50% of the children household i
your way. there was a lot of talk about this hurricane, how dangerous it could be. and it is, if not meeting, exceeding expectations. why did you decide to stay and ride out the storm? well, we have to stay at the eoc. you know, i have a contingency of workers who are here with me, and as soon as it lets up, we re going to get out there and make an assessment of what we re going to do. we have probably some problems on the west bank of our parish from the back levees. the water inundates some of those levees and pushes on which is highway 23, which is my only highway for commerce up and down, you know, to ingress and egress in my parish. so we re going to have some logistical challenges from these days. we know the power s out. about 7,400 of our residents are out of power. we just lost power at the eoc. so i would say that s the last leg of power up here. so i m sure that number will increase. so we told our residents to be