Repairs, revenue top needs in Bay St. Louis - The Clarion-Ledger

Repairs, revenue top needs in Bay St. Louis - The Clarion-Ledger:

"Although city services and most utilities have been restored to every place where a connection is viable, about 30 percent of the homes and 80 percent of the businesses were wiped out."

"Few damaged businesses have reopened. No fast-food restaurants and only a handful of gas stations are open...."
Bay St. Louis had four grocery stories before Katrina. Now the only grocery shopping is in a Wal-Mart that partially has reopened. Otherwise, everyone is driving to Gulfport or Slidell and Mandeville, both across the state line in Louisiana."Everybody in the city is almost on equal ground. Everywhere you go, you're standing in a line for gas, groceries and food," Olsen said."