Most consequential race flying under radar

While the mayoral campaign grabs most of the headlines, the result of the first election for the new unified tax assessor’s office could be just as consequential.
For more than a century, the city had seven assessors, and each became…

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That's what he said

Plagiarize — intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
A candidate forum for Council District C was held Wednesday night at New Orleans Center for…

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That’s what he said

Plagiarize — intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
A candidate forum for Council District C was held Wednesday night at New Orleans Center for…

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Rep. Maxine Waters threatens to pull federal funding

A recent hearing led by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., of the housing subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, included a testy exchange between the madame chair and John Trasvina, an assistant secretary for U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department…

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Nagin on Nagin

Undoubtedly, Mayor Ray Nagin will go down in New Orleans history as a leader who speaks his mind. Exhibit A, of course, is his 2006 remark that the city will be “chocolate at the end of the day.” Likewise, it’s…

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No worse fate

Lil’ Liddy ordered to stay in New Jersey
Recent reports indicate the four men accused of tampering with the phones in U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office were not attempting to place a wiretap but instead may have been…

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What is the 'shadow government?'

In a joint appearance on WBOK-AM radio today, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley alluded once again to a conspiratorial “shadow government” that has aligned to tarnish their reputations. A caller asked them to name names.…

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What is the ‘shadow government?’

In a joint appearance on WBOK-AM radio today, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley alluded once again to a conspiratorial “shadow government” that has aligned to tarnish their reputations. A caller asked them to name names.…

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Faking out the feds

Tuesday, we posted the FBI affidavit detailing why four suspects were arrested “for the purpose of interfering with the phone system” at U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s office.

The details of their outfits caught my attention.
“Flanagan and Basel entered the…

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O'Keefe: Neither pimp nor journalist

Since four men were arrested by the FBI for illegally entering U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office, many news media outlets have been quick to identify one of them, James O’Keefe, as a journalist – often an “investigative journalist.”…

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