FAME board moves meeting to November 19
Special board meeting tonight
FirstLine November board meeting date changed to 11/29
Board elects new members and officers; roofing job won't delay start of 2012-13 school year
Board meeting agenda released
Smokin’ Joe’s Philly not the only town spurning home-grown champs
Satellite government bodies doing just fine, not likely to return much money to city
As part of its annual budget review, the City Council heard presentations today from the dozen semi-autonomous agencies that manage New Orleans assets such as Piazza D'Italia in the Central Business District and, less glamorously, the city's thousands of blighted lots. Though none of the entities depends on the tax dollars that go into the city's general operating fund, their budgets must be approved by the council.