In the Lower 9th Ward, Robert Green Sr.

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New Green councillor Mr Whybrow described his Hythe ward as a "ray of green light" surrounded by Conservative and UKIP seats.

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Other candidates standing in the Coker ward are Peter Bysouth for the Green party, Marcus Fysh for Conservatives, Murray Shepstone for Labour and Ian Stephen for the Liberal Democrats.

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In the small ward -- its walls painted a cheerful green -- her young patients lay motionless beneath the bulky, dated ventilator machines.

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The Lower Ninth Ward now has one of the largest concentrations of green buildings in the country.

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Green tea is also full of antioxidants that scientists say can ward off some cancers.

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Green, 50, went back recently to the Lower 9th Ward -- thinking he'd succeed where recovery workers and morgue contractors have failed.

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