Reflections on a history-making election
Category: Opinion
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
How to squeeze payback politics out of city contracts for professional services
Tulane public interest lawyer would engage college presidents in selection process.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
The Big Sleazy: Let’s make sure our next mayor doesn’t suit up for ‘pay-to-play’ contracting games
The bad old days could be right around the corner.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Agreed: We need to begin ‘living with water’ — but how to pay for it?
There’s no relying on pumps alone.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Let’s put a truly great New Orleanian on the pedestal at Lee Circle
Domino is New Orleans’ most important musician since Louis Armstrong.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Public is disregarded, commissioners are no-shows at all-important Master Plan meeting
Vital blueprint for city’s future gets short shrift.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Remembering Bill Borah: Killing a French Quarter expressway was only the start
An urbanist who fought stupidity — and paid a price.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
A stab at immunizing myself against the Trump era’s culture of contempt
Should the NFL fire players who took a kneel?
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Florida Panhandle’s paradise lost: ‘New Urbanism’ gone awry
Boyhood beachcomber worries about Bywater
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics, Opinion
Bipartisan group backs carbon fee as key to moderating climate disruption
Not all Louisiana Republicans are climate-change deniers.