''Darrin West could not believe it. The president of the United States
was standing in his living room.
It was June 17, 2002, a day Mr. West recalls as “the highlight of my
life.” Mr. Bush, in Atlanta to unveil a plan to increase the number of
minority homeowners by 5.5 million, was touring Park Place South, a
development of starter homes in a neighborhood once marked by blight
and crime.''
