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# Helping those still living is more important
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/helping-those-still-living-is-more-important-editor/
- Published: 2006-06-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:26:28.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica*

A September 11 Memorial Site is under construction, financed largely by private donations, but at a cost of $22 million.

There is no doubt that both the nation and the individual families are grieving and that we want to show our respect and empathy to those who were killed and to those left behind and still suffering. But wouldn’t that money be more responsibly and compassionately spent by rebuilding New Orleans and letting people move back home again?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 20, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)