In an era when highways and “urban renewal” were ripping cities apart, Section 106 was a tool useful to local preservationists and as a way to force federal agencies to stop destroying irreplaceable remnants of American history.
Category: Opinion
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
So much for state-level initiatives: Presidential itch botched Jindal tax repeal
How stunning was Jindal’s setback? Consider: A GOP governor couldn’t convince a GOP Legislature in a red state to help him cut income taxes — his No. 1 priority.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Delicate balance: neighborhood peace vs. the city’s great treasure — its music
Alex Rawls asks: “Does the relatively free-range nature of New Orleans’ nightlife add to the city’s mystique, even for those who finish their drinks before they leave the bar and are in bed by 11?”
Posted inOpinion
Jindal junks tax repeal in favor of phase-outs. Who pays? Who cares!
The revenue offsets in his initial plan were always completely negotiable as long as they yielded an income tax repeal. That’s why it kept changing.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Gentrification flap rooted in an older debate over New Orleans ‘exceptionalism’
Newcomers are proving to be zealous enthusiasts of New Orleans culture. Are they destroying it?
Posted inOpinion
Moseley gives Bobby a break! Taking another look at Jindal-nomics
Moseley acknowledges it’s a bit of a confidence game at first, but if the tax plan coincides with continuing business expansion, voodoo economics may finally have found its high priest.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Priest deplores ‘shameful’ Ryan budget, lauds Landrieu for her opposition
Father Michael notes that financial inequality is at its worst level since the 1920s and prays that Congress will find the courage to attack the federal debt in a way that includes tax increases on the wealthy, not just cuts that hit middle-class and poor Americans hardest.
Posted inOpinion
Tennessee Williams Festival’s streetcar opens doors to less stodgy, more inclusive literary crowd
An aficionado of the local literary scene salutes the new direction the Tennessee Williams Festival seems to have taken.
Posted inOpinion
Letten at the plate: Was the federal prosecutor using a corked bat?
Columnist Moseley wonders whether Jim Letten’s downfall was rooted more deeply than many pundits acknowledge.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Does stunning collapse of River Birch case portend uglier revelations ahead?
Now it appears that there may have been more serious and systemic problems during Letten’s term than we ever knew.