Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman (right) takes on mayoral staffer Katie Dignan at Wednesday’s meeting of the parish law enforcement district. Photo by Matt Davis. By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Last time he presided over a meeting of the Orleans Parish Law Enforcement District, Sheriff Marlin Gusman lambasted the Landrieu administration for […]
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City officials persist in routinely violating public records law
After The Lens requested a list of traffic camera violations, the city denied us, citing a privacy law that didn’t apply to the info we’d requested. Officials recognized this in the denial, and then admitted that it would be too ‘burdensome’ to fulfill our request. Ask Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration about its frequent failure to […]
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Street legal: Let’s make law fit our culture, not the other way around
A vendor grills vittles for sale at recent second-line parade organized by the Valley of Silent Men Social Aid & Pleasure Club. Photo courtesy of Derek Bridges. By Alan Williams, The Lens contributing opinion writer | The Landrieu Administration is making a valiant effort to give some meaning to the letter of the law in […]