Committee members attack the governor, rather than the problem.
Category: Opinion
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Whole-house rentals got you down? Get hip to ‘creative disruption’!
Maybe an absentee landlord will let me rent my former home on weekdays.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Media focus on violent protests ignores the notably peaceful ones
Pondering the recent Take ‘Em Down NOLA march to Jackson Square
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Short-term rental vote deals a blow to neighborhoods — and citizen engagement
Absentee landlords and whole house Airbnb rentals hollow out communities.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Political thunder from Turkey rumbles all the way to New Orleans
Member of local Turkish community pulls wife’s parents out of harm’s way.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Deja vu in a nation still in deep denial about racism
Looking beyond police killings for patterns of racial injustice.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Something in common? Trump, Jackson Square, and ‘The Walking Dead’
Giving the finger to social and political elites.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
The governor vs. Big Oil: Who’s declaring war on whom?
Finally, a governor willing to demand payment for destruction of our coast.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Calling on a higher power to save a jazz landmark: Buddy Bolden’s home
Owned by Greater St. Stephen, the crumbling Bolden home lacks even a plaque.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Fair warning to cowardly legislators: No more excuses on guns
An advocate for common-sense gun laws takes the gloves off.