“If Hawthorn can get more people I will pay,” Charles Rice wrote in October 2017, weeks before a utility committee meeting.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Proposition 6 is deeply flawed: Hold your nose and vote for it anyway
Phased-in revaluations would still allow huge jumps in tax assessments.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Louisiana voters: Problems at the polls? Report them to Electionland
Once again, The Lens is partnering with ProPublica’s Electionland coalition to report on long lines, registration problems and other issues that prevent eligible voters from casting a ballot. We need your help.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
In rare bipartisan accord, lawmakers backed abolishing split-jury verdicts; now it’s up to voters
Time to end Jim Crow’s last stand in Louisiana law.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Entergy investigation is delayed for a second time
The new deadline for the investigation into the use of paid actors at City Council meetings is Nov. 2, nearly two months after the original deadline.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
S&WB billing system contractor didn’t know about problems until this summer, employees say
Utility officials didn’t notify Cogsdale Corp. for more than a year after citywide billing complaints began, executives from the company told city council members.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Economists say there are reasons to doubt UNO short-term rental study
Economists who spoke to The Lens say a UNO economic impact study on short-term rentals appears to have been prepared to benefit the industry. When it comes to impact reports, that is not uncommon. UNO refused to provide the data behind the report or a larger report on tourism in New Orleans.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Register to vote like your own future depends on it — because it does!
People gave their lives for the privilege many of us squander. Don’t let low-turnout warnings become a self-fulfilling prediction!
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Cantrell was given damning file on 911 director prior to firing
Emails, memos accuse the former 911 executive director of racism, sexism and general mismanagement. The complaints go back to the Landrieu administration.
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, Opinion
From the folks who brought you Brett Kavanaugh: a fight to block wildlife protection in Tammany
Federalist Society seeks top court support for gutting enviro regs.