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by Karen Gadbois

This house was in the process of being primed to paint it

The City cited it for code violation

Primed Front

Here is it 2 weeks later..

Now the owner has to go to City Hall to prove the house is not in violation.

Painted Front

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Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.

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