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Grace Athas photo I originally wrote this as an e mail to a few friends of “Marshall Truehill’s”:http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Marshall-Truehill/84866036 At a time when so many leaders have forgotten how to lead, and people bemoan the lack of leadership I would suggest that we have had among us many great leaders. Marshall was one of them. To […]

One of the most inspired and inspirational citizens of New Orleans has passed away. Words are just words unless followed with deed and Marshall “was one who”:http://wecouldbefamous.blogspot.com/2008/12/reverend-dr-marshall-truehill-jr.html was full of “passionate word and deed”:http://blogofneworleans.com/blog/2008/12/26/new-orleans-activist-dies/. I last saw Marshall at the gym, he and his wife Miranda were entering as I was leaving. We spoke about […]

Last month Mr. Gettridge came to the NCDC meeting to hear the fate of “Sister Gertrude Morgan’s House”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2008/11/03/sister-gertrude-morgan/ Mr. Gettridge had purchased her home after she passed away many years ago. The house had floated off it’s piers after the levees broke. And Mr. Gettridge wanted to save some of the roof tiles before it […]

This morning in court extra time was obtained for an elderly man who is facing a city of new orleans house demolition. He is disabled, uses a walker, and will have no place to go if the city demolishes his home, which is what the city is seeking. There are serious legal problems with the […]

Need a “haircut”:http://www.serviceslisted.com/map/2194791.html? Get one before they tear down Sam’s Barber shop.

Never has there been a more hollow statement. “link”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=32300 Then couple that “with this”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=32336 and we can just forget about any decent development.