Behind The Lens episode 234: ‘Rabble-rousing at the Big Green’

La'Shance Perry on St. John Parish's vote on rezoning for Greenfield. Delaney Dryfoos on Gov. Landry's Task Force for Sewerage and Water Board. And Katy Reckdahl on union organizing at Tulane University.

This week on Behind The Lens, in St. John Parish, a judge denied a request for a temporary injunction, allowing a Council vote to proceed on rezoning that would pave the way for Greenfield Louisiana to construct its proposed grain elevator there.

The beleaguered Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans has no shortage of critics or suggestions for improvements, and now Governor Jeff Landry has weighed in with a report from a 14 member Task Force.

And a group of non-tenured faculty at Tulane University have begun exploring efforts to unionize, joining a growing trend in higher education. 

Our guests this week are Lens reporters La’Shance Perry, Delaney Dryfoos and co-editor Katy Reckdahl. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Additional music Roomy by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most recently as Executive Director at an NPR member station in Colorado where she was responsible for new multi-platform content initiatives, strategic planning, research, branding, and non-traditional revenue generation. During her tenure she also created and launched four weekly news, public affairs and cultural affairs programs and monthly live Town Hall broadcasts. Heldman moved to New Orleans last summer with her husband and canine companion and they live happily in The Marigny.