Opinion
Time to strike while the Bullock and wetlands are hot »
In addition to The Times-Picayune’s story on FEMA’s massive lump sum compensation to battered New Orleans Schools, Bayou...
/ August 26, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »Forget wars, oil and economy; we’ve got a mosque alert! »
The Park51 Muslim community center and mosque complex should not be built near Ground Zero because I...
/ August 20, 2010 / 8 comments / Read More »Katrina shorthand fatigue »
It’s a shame Ray Lang stopped blogging at On Levee Failures & A Weather Event. Ray’s posts...
/ August 18, 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
Mayor Mitch Landrieu's list of 100 sure-fire projects as welcome news. But there's a long list of projects to which Landrieu hasn't committed. ...
/ August 26, 2010 / No comment / Read More »
BP is lagging on deciding the validity of many damage claims....
/ August 3, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
As the offshore spill cleanup progresses, Louisiana regulators and residents are engaged in another fight against oil pollution on land....
/ July 27, 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Criminal drunk driving charges were dropped for the New Orleans Police Department officer, but city officials did not respond for requests for an explanation....
/ July 16, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Some of the 185 employees enjoying a taxpayer-subsidized car -- plus city-paid gas and maintenance -- are likely to lose those privileges under the mayor's new policy....
/ July 15, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Residents question whether the $8.9 million project to widen a section of Earhart Boulevard serve the needs of post-Katrina New Orleans ...
/ July 7, 2010 / 10 comments / Read More »Over the Transom
Iberville redevelopment quietly gets underway »
With little fanfare or public conversation, the Housing Authority of New Orleans has begun the redevelopment process of the city’s last major pre-Katrina public housing complex — the...
/ August 27, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »Landrieu cool to money for Citizen Participation Project »
In his final meeting to get public input on next year’s budget priorities, Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Tuesday questioned whether the city should pay for a new program...
/ August 25, 2010 / 5 comments / Read More »City posts contracts for Joe Brown, riverfront park work »
Less than a week after announcing his administration’s plans for more than 100 projects, Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Monday signed a contract for another recreation effort. The $1.7...
/ August 24, 2010 / No comment / Read More »