To make blanket statements and make blanket indictments, it's not correct. A lot of people were offended by that because we took pride in what we did. ...For him to say something like that is like rubbing salt in an open wound. So for him to apologize is tremendous.

This is something that will be a litmus test for the true recovery of New Orleans. If we don't turn out for this, no one is going to take us serious. We want them to turn their anger and emotion into action.