A public-relations firm billed Entergy New Orleans about $55,000 to bring supporters of a new power plant to two public meetings. Some of those people were actors. Documents turned over to the city council raise questions about Entergy’s claim that it didn’t know supporters would be paid.
Posted inLand Use
Airbnb stops helping its users obtain licenses after New Orleans City Council puts the brakes on short-term rentals
The company says the council’s decision is “incompatible” with its system to help register users.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Affordable housing to $500 per night Airbnb; fake subpoenas in Jefferson Parish
Welcome once again to the Week in Review. And it certainly has been a week. Let’s review it. We’ve got the story of a house built with affordable housing money that is now an Airbnb, a look at how Jefferson Parish used fake subpoenas and a column from former City Councilwoman Stacy Head. If you’d […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Nearly a month late, Cannizzaro still hasn’t provided fake subpoena info to council
In a November letter, DA said file review could take “as long as six months.” Spokesman says that was an estimate, not a deadline.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
New City Council already caving in to tacky fast-food plan for Magazine Street
Allowing the fast-food outlet would open the door to more of same.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Jefferson Parish DA’s repeated use of fake subpoenas included one issued to an 11-year-old
The Jefferson Parish DA’s turned over 92 “DA subpoenas” in response to a public records request from The Lens. The documents date from 2016 and 2017, before DA Paul Connick ended the practice.
Posted inSchools
District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse
The Orleans Parish School Board cast itself as a rescue squad in taking charge of Cypress Academy after the charter school announced, three days before summer vacation, that it would not be reopening in the fall. Some parents and education community leaders are wondering if the school board’s hands-off approach wasn’t the problem from which […]
Posted inInvestigations, Land Use
How a house built with public funds for affordable housing became a $500-a-night Airbnb
The house was moved from the site of the VA hospital, torn down at its new location and then replaced.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Super Bowl 2024; Are “super-natives” loving the city to death?
Reporter Charles Maldonado received an award for his investigation into fake subpoenas.
Posted inOpinion
Anxiety and authenticity: Are ‘super-natives’ loving New Orleans to death?
One irony: STRs are gutting the neighborhoods tourists want to stay in.