New Orleanians lose. Period.

Forget about the loss of homes, schools, businesses and lives.

Forget about FEMA checks that "get lost in the mail."

And how flood insurance doesn't cover floods.

And how federal "relief" is money is as real as Santa Claus.

I'm talking about utility bills.

Entergy Inc. (A Fortune 500 company) is now "cutting their losses" by overcharging New Orleanians. How much money would you have to pay to have two 34-watt bulbs in your house, with no other electrical appliance being used? Over $7,000. Two light bulbs. More than 3 months of my mother's salary. That just ain't right.

Entergy New Orleans claims to have gone bankrupt after Katrina. Well, newflash, who didn't?

But the point is that Entergy Inc. is a national company with billions in its company bank. How come our monthy energy bill is so high? They claim that they need to make up the difference of money lost in Katrina. Well, so do my parents. Food stamps ain't nothing nice to live on and I refuse to open another MRE.

It's not right and it's got to stop. We're trying to rebuild a city here. We can't do that if we can't afford to live in our house because our energy bill is too high (especially when we aren't doing nothing to make it that high). We can't afford to live in New Orleans and that means we can't rebuild it. What is this? This isn't fair, this isn't right. New Orleanians have been through enough.