"It’s for the greater good of the city. "

Never has there been a more hollow statement. “link”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=32300

Charity Hospital

Then couple that “with this”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=32336 and we can just forget about any decent development.

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.