Yep, the state is working hard to make sure there are no civil rights considerations in its proposal. Now that it is OK to plow under a neighborhood because it is predominately black, one roadblock is removed. It is still an expensive and destructive project that Shreveport will not recover from for generations, so it's hard to explain why we should shutter Social Security offices to build it. We have been building highways through minority neighborhoods for as long as there have been highways in cities. Old habits are hard to break, but maybe we should give it a try. All sarcasm aside, is it just me that thinks it is ridiculous to scream "We're broke!" while flushing a billion dollars down the toilet? It is theater of the absurd.