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Council gets upbeat report on blight, but members frustrated over lack of access

by Karen GadboisNovember 14, 2011November 7, 2019

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The weekslong budget hearings focused on blight eradication at the Thursday meeting.

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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... More by Karen Gadbois

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