The changes to parking regulations in the current draft are a developer’s dream — and a neighborhood nightmare.
Category: Opinion
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
George Carter, 15, was not a demon and not an angel, but he’s dead — and that should be our focus
George was found shot to death on Piety Street on Oct. 21. News reports picked up on his membership in Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, and subsequent reports say he may have been involved in an armed robbery. Are these the facts that really matter?
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
City Council needs to redraft the CZO — too important not to get it right
Despite years of citizen input, basic community needs have taken a back seat to tourism in Marigny zoning.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Don’t take the Quarter for granted: Urgent reforms are imperative
Collapse of a Royal Street building shows more than love is needed to save the Vieux Carré.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Chief public defender: Vote tomorrow for judges willing to back sentencing reform
Twenty-year sentences for non-violent, victimless crimes are both unjust and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
Posted inOpinion
Stifling science: State officials threaten medical conferees with hotel quarantine
Ignorance in Baton Rouge costs New Orleans medical conferees the insights of Ebola experts.
Posted inOpinion
Shocking Bywater cover-up! A frattier, less funky Country Club bans skinny dipping
Maybe the gay-friendly Country Club needs a members-only policy for those not ashamed to bask in the all together.
Posted inOpinion
Is debunking our obsession with what’s hip about New Orleans just the latest way to seem hip?
A Tulane conference contends that playing up what’s unique about New Orleans has a way of masking what’s wrong. The columnist doesn’t buy it.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Not-so-hidden GOP agenda: Help us put EPA on the endangered species list
If strangled environmental protection is what we want, we can have that happen very soon.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
School board needs clear direction, not superintendent who will tolerate ambiguity
Some school board members seem to be searching for the elusive perfect superintendent.