up your architecture.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/02/26/biloxi.mississippi/index.html

I got this link from a friend today and just rolled my eyes. Did this guy J.D. Biersdorfer from BudgetTravel not have the money to leave his Casino Hotel Room or did he just choose to ignore the fact that despite the fact that Biloxi is getting back on it's feet that the Mayor just said that there is at least another 8 years of rebuilding ahead? Do me a favor next time J.D., go to Miss Inez's or D'Vine's, or one of the great Pho shops on Division or Oak Street instead of Mary Mahoney's right on the beach across from your hotel and walk through the neighborhoods and see what's going on three years after the storm. Also, don't put pictures of the Ohr Museum's Frank Gehry designed pods on there and make people think that is all and we've got it under wraps (the rest of the complex is nothing but stripped down rusty skeletons for the most part) or show the aerial photo of Hwy 90 with the Hard Rock in it and say the strip is back (that Apartment complex in the top left corner? it's still vacant and hasn't been touched in a way that shows renovation yet).

For those people who will say "he's getting people to come back down and invest in the local economy" I say, great. I'm all for it. But let's not gloss over the issue that people are still living in FEMA trailers and the funding to get them out still needs to get here. Maybe mention that next time.