The City Council this morning called for changes in the management of the computer system at Civil District Court, following the disastrous computer crash that has crippled the city’s real-estate market since late October.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Trash fee increase among highlights on council agenda
The City Council plans to vote tomorrow on an ordinance to double residential garbage pick-up fees to $24, even though Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration still has not even started drafting new contracts with two companies to actually haul the city’s trash.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Ohio State gets a Boehner; Arkansas gets the bird
I love to handicap college football games by carefully analyzing the merits of each team’s mascots, and factoring in ominous current events that might foretoken disaster for a particular football squad.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Hookah bar loses liquor permit
Six nightclubs came under scrutiny at this month’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting Tuesday.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Recommendation for new jail came from non-member
A resolution supporting a new jail was proposed by someone who was not even a member of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s advisory group on the matter.
Posted inLand Use
Empty since Katrina, 233 HANO units to be torn down
The Housing Authority of New Orleans approved a deal today to demolish 233 empty scattered public housing units moldering since Hurricane Katrina. But while neighbors applauded progress in the battle against blight, questions remain about what HANO will do with its properties once the 99 doomed buildings are cleared.
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HANO moving forward with scattered-site demolitions
After years of debate and delay, the Housing Authority of New Orleans is poised to contract for the demolition of scattered-site public housing units that were never repaired or reopened after Hurricane Katrina.
At a HANO Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning, the agency’s federally-appointed director, David Gilmore, is expected to authorize a $494,200 contract for the demolition of 99 buildings spread across the city but concentrated in the Ninth Ward and eastern New Orleans.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Mash this column, and Beck kisses Soros at a Hornets game to save the wetlands from oil
From Hornets to Glenn Beck to sand berms, here are various follow-ups to previous items.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
New Orleans gets table scrap in GO Zone lending feast
As Louisiana wraps its Gulf Opportunity Zone lending program, only 3 percent of the $7.8 billion went to projects in New Orleans, a review of state records show.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
2 council members frustrated with tear-down tendencies
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority should be developing houses not demolishing them, said two City Council members this week, as they considered a demolition request from the agency and a potential new owner.