A local rap artist wonders if standing for peace is what got him shot.
Category: Opinion
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Citizen group derides Audubon Commission’s ‘master plan’ as a sham to avoid public input
Golf course and zoo are officially off-limits to master planners. Why?
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, Opinion
Memo from Florida to Steve Scalise: Keep the rigs—and pollution—on your side of the Gulf
Remembering tar balls, oil slicks and the summer that wasn’t.
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 inOpinion
Anxiety and authenticity: Are ‘super-natives’ loving New Orleans to death?
One irony: STRs are gutting the neighborhoods tourists want to stay in.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
It’s not enough to ban fakery at Council hearings; we need a real Community Participation Program
A way to generate citizen involvement and grassroots power
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Facing closure, Cypress Academy parents demand answers from charter, parish school boards
“We ask that you offer real solutions to this terrible situation in which you have put our families,” they wrote.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
‘Did I sound angry?’ Foe of Sun Yard takes umbrage at architect’s dismissive remarks
Civic participation is hard work that should be respected, not dissed.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Is New Orleans the place for a truly honest look at the slave system?
A way to repudiate the gauzy falsehoods of ‘Gone with the Wind.’
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Citizen input getting squeezed out of plans for Charity Hospital district
Will the public be handed another ‘done deal’?