So you need to have a robust public debate about how to repurpose this facility. I will come home for these debates. I WILL BE THERE. And you better have them IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

For once, actually CARE about what the PEOPLE in the city of New Orleans actually want.

Big Charity has a chance at a new start if Baton Rouge makes changes.

As a resident of Louisiana, I urge that you ensure no further development of Charity Hospital or ancillary buildings occur until there has been a complete and robust public input process conducted by an impartial, third-party agency on their adaptive reuse.

I urge that you support scrapping the ongoing LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation Process and instead support the reissuing of a Request for Qualifications [RFQ] and a Request for Proposals [RFP] only after soliciting ideas from New Orleanians; and only after completion of a thorough health, environmental and social impact assessment study in the area bounded by Poydras Street, Loyola Avenue-Basin Street, Bienville Street and Claiborne Avenue.

I urge that if the name “Charity” is to be used to memorialize any redevelopment of the area, you support only efforts that focus on uses that meet the needs of those in crisis; the underserved; and the under-resourced; achieving and surpassing the 279 year legacy if its predecessor, reflecting the true "Spirit of Charity".