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From the PoliticalCat comes a great story of a pony rescued in the aftermath of Katrina and her struggles. And I thought I had probs… Animal Rescue, Katrina, louisiana...
GentillyGirl - Fri 4:29 p.m. - 7 clicks 
OUCH ! The House told Governor PBJ to stuff it when it comes to his Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret's pay. Governor PBJ wanted to pay him $320,000 and Legislature, to their credit, slashed that to what former Governor Blanco's Economic Development Secretary made - $245,000. They also cut an additional $145,000 from Governor PBJ's budget to slash the pay of Mr. Moret...
Daily Kingfish - Fri 1:52 p.m. - 8 clicks
When is No-C Ray going to stop joking around, and finally get serious about solutions for the homeless problem in New Orleans? ...
People Get Ready - Fri 8:17 a.m. - 9 clicks
The question isn't about the NOPD or the DA's office but about the Times Picayune . Oyster was certainly correct to castigate city leaders who wouldn't step forward to criticize the mayor, but Stephanie Grace almost sounded like Warren Riley in Tuesday's column : Reporters Michelle Krupa and Frank Donze did their best to cut through the emotional clutter, to evaluate the areas over which Nag...
Moldy City - Fri 12:14 a.m. - 18 clicks
Coming at cha from PJ's in New Orleans, where I am taking a break from apartment hunting ... Jim Brown penned a piece that I front-paged earlier. Suspect Device has a rather sharp response ... and it makes the point that there have been spills since Katrina . Ian McGibbney of Not Right About Anything points out an editorial that makes the case against allowing concealed guns ...
Daily Kingfish - Thu 7:32 p.m. - 15 clicks
I have here a guest post from family member journalist Randy Reynolds. He publishes a blog, a brilliant blog with stories from his life and poltical articles. I can't decide which are better. Interviewing Jimmy Carter, being shoved aside by other reporters when he was interviewing Martin Luther King Jr., you really need to read on it, there's a particularly good article about Prescott Bush trying...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Thu 7:32 p.m. - 15 clicks
Not sure why, but the Reduct Box provides former Ins. Commish Jim Brown with another "platform" (pun intended) to express his views on the benefits of offshore oil drilling, and the low risk of spills. ( Update: Brown's essay also appeared on Bayou Buzz , Daily Kingfish , Jim Brown's blog , Louisiana Conservative , and Central LA Politics . Again, I don't know why.) Suspect Device ably...
Right Hand Thief - Thu 4:00 p.m. - 4 clicks
Yesterday, it came out that Governor PBJ reached an agreement with State Senator Buddy Shaw , who introduced a bill to roll back the income tax brackets that came into existence as part of the Stelly Plan , which eliminated the state sale tax on items such as food for home consumption and state sales tax on natural gas, electricity, and water for residential use, and raised the tax brackets to m...
Daily Kingfish - Thu 1:02 p.m. - 15 clicks
Meaning, in fact, that they are remaining too damn high for the forseeable future. The reason that the problem of affordable rentals in New Orleans is little more than a secondary or invisible issue in the local media is that the people driving the discussion there tend to view renters as secondary or invisible people. Sure the cost of living is up. But if you want your complaints to coun...
Library Chronicles - Thu 1:01 p.m.
Has America become so homogenized that we are thinking more alike regardless of what part of the country we come from? We all get the same evening news, the same TV shows, and the same radio talking heads telling us what, in their opinion, our opinion should be. Are Louisiana's interests and priorities along the same track as those expressed by locals along the east coast? I decided to take a l...
Daily Kingfish - Thu 11:31 a.m. - 16 clicks
I have been lax in blogging lately, mainly because I'm currently visiting Louisiana and my Internet access has been a bit iffy to hedge on a whole blog. That seems to be fixed now. Phew. My sister is graduating from high school this week, so yesterday we went on a tour of her future college campus. As she and I braved the pouring rain, I pointed out familiar sights and new buildings alike, and r...
Ian McGibboney - Thu 1:04 a.m. - 25 clicks
This cardboard cut-out of Eva Longoria was held up by a Hornets fan as Tony Parker attempted 2 free throws during game 5… He missed both shots. Gold. ...
Austerican - Wed 11:42 p.m. - 22 clicks
YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH! Sorry, folks, I just had to do that! Anyway, I just received word that The Daily Kingfish has been chosen by the Democratic National Convention Committee to be Louisiana's state-level blog. What does mean? It means that we will be in Denver, on the floor of the Convention, covering it all live for y'all. Congratulations should also be extended to the ...
Daily Kingfish - Wed 1:01 p.m. - 19 clicks
Kudos to The Daily Kingfish for being selected as the State’s official blog for the Democratic National Convention. A couple of weeks ago, Ryan and I decided to join forces, anticipating that we may have been competing against one another for the same spot. So, along with Ryan from Baton Rouge, this means two Central Louisianans will [...]...
CenLamar - Wed 1:01 p.m. - 13 clicks
Garland's guest this hour is an LSU professor who just told me John McCain "has always been a maverick" He also says that McCain should be careful of running "too far to the middle" but that both Hillary and Obama may have trouble appealing to the all-important "moderate voter". Now I'm an LSU grad. And I tend to think that within certain parameters a quality education is more a function of wha...
Library Chronicles - Wed 1:01 p.m.
Continuing to dig through the photo archives I run across these beauties from the May 2006 Mayoral runoff. They are homemade Nagin signs in a variety of fun colors and styles. The Saints black and gold Nagin sign says, "Support Our Ray of Hope". Two years later, the T-P seems to be holding out hope that two years later is too early to tell just how well the second Nagin t...
Library Chronicles - Wed 1:01 p.m.
A short explanation for why the recovery is going so poorly half-way through the worst mayor ever’s second term: 1) The transparent mayor and his staff are never around. Another member of Nagin’s administration was curiously out of town and therefore unavailable to answer questions for a Monday WWL TV news story on crime cameras. Given [...]...
People Get Ready - Wed 10:17 a.m. - 16 clicks
I'm staying in this morning with one of those Springtime colds. The good news is I get to listen to the Garland Robinette show where the topic of the day is an (as far as I can tell unreported-in-other-media) incident of cross burning on a black family's lawn in Metairie. Unsurprisingly it only took about three callers before we got to the "This is unfair to the white people of Metairie" com...
Library Chronicles - Wed 10:16 a.m.
I'm still uploading old photos to Flickr. Here are two points of comparison for the recent rise in the Mississippi River which precipitated the first opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway in ten years. These are two pics I took from about the same spot along the Moonwalk this year. The first shot on the left is from Easter Sunday. The second on the right is from only a few weeks later during Fre...
Library Chronicles - Wed 10:16 a.m.
The Republicans lost another crucial election last night. It was their third special election loss in a row . All three were deeply Republican districts in the past. This one was in the heart of Mississippi and was in a district that George Bush won with 62% of the vote in 2004 . The Republicans are in deep, deep trouble. If they lose in these districts (the other two were a Louisiana seat t...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Wed 10:16 a.m. - 19 clicks
I moved back to Alexandria during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. My mother had been operating a residential property management company, which she essentially inherited from my father, who passed away four years prior. For several months, she was overwhelmed with phone calls from people who needed places to live, which we were able to accommodate, [...]...
CenLamar - Wed 1:40 a.m. - 18 clicks
According to Bayou Buzz, LAGOP Executive Director Matt Parker (Jindal’s homeschooled homeboy’s brother in law) stated this about Mary Landrieu and her failure to respond to Nagin’s endorsement of Barack Obama: Today’s endorsement raises more questions than answers. In a press release announcing today’s endorsement, Nagin cited ‘Obama’s advocacy for the people of Louisianaand w...
Liberty and Justice for All - Tue 11:45 p.m. - 30 clicks
Tonight, newly elected Representative Don Cazayoux will vote to lower gas prices for all Louisianans by voting to temporarily halt shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Stopping shipments has lowered gas prices in the past, most notably in 2000, when it caused gas prices to drop a third, from $30 a barrel to $20 a barrel. The bill that Rep. Cazayoux will be voted for is HR...
Daily Kingfish - Tue 7:53 p.m. - 23 clicks
Notice the landmarks: Lea’s Pies, Lyod Hall, Swamp Daddy’s, the Kent House, Lou and Laura’s, and Tunks. Who’s that guy laughing at Tunks? Why, it’s Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy. ...
CenLamar - Tue 4:29 p.m. - 21 clicks
Soul Sister’s Right ON 80s Party One Eyed Jacks – 615 Toulouse St., New Orleans 10pm-2am // $5 Ladies get in free from 10-11pm. Get ready for the the other side of the 80s, Soul Sister style. DJ Soul Sister’s......
Humid Haney Rant - Tue 4:29 p.m. - 23 clicks
"It's good to be home. New Orleans feels like home. This is the Hornets, you know. This is where we're supposed to be." -- Head Coach "Lord" Byron Scott, from NBA TV's New Orleans: On the Rise program "We're taking on our city's personality. We're taking it personal, and we're giving these fans something to cheer about." -- Hornets Center Tyson Chandler , New Orleans: On the Rise Toni...
Right Hand Thief - Tue 2:20 p.m. - 19 clicks
Well there is your problem right there. If ever a slip of a tongue defined a governments response to a crisis, forget the history of slashed federal budgets for projects that might have saved the levees. Drop the imagery of the government watching Monty Python's Flying Circus while New Orleans drowned. Ignore the symbol of bureaucrats like Michael Chertoff only using the future tense in terms o...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Tue 10:45 a.m. - 19 clicks
Despite the best attempts of Jindal and his cronies to play an ethics shell game, making us believe that we had stronger ethics rules when in reality ethics violations where made harder to prove, the house approved legislation to change the ”clear and convincing” burden of proof back to “substantial”. Kudos to those in the house who [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Tue 8:12 a.m. - 20 clicks
With apologies to The Reduct Box , I changed the title for clarity. This afternoon, Democratic State Rep. Cedric Richmond struck a blow for Louisiana by pushing and passing an amendment to HB 906, written by Republican State Rep. Nita Hutter which is a bill that requires the Ethics Board to do the following (emphasis added): "A certified copy of the vote; a detailed explanation of the mat...
Daily Kingfish - Mon 7:07 p.m. - 20 clicks
Hat Tip to The Reduct Box . Sunday's Advocate included an editorial from the Editorial Board that excoriates Governor PBJ for the con game that his Administration is pulling on the people of Louisiana. Here's how Jindal is attempting to pull the wool over our eyes: "There's a serious question whether enforcement of the shiny new reforms will be an illusion - undermined by deci...
Daily Kingfish - Mon 5:00 p.m. - 25 clicks
I'll identify the source of this emailed release at a later time, if they permit: St. Rep/Speaker Pro Tem Karen Carter Peterson will hold a press conference TODAY, May 12, 4 p.m. on steps of State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge to respond to radio ads running on urban stations in Orleans Parish by BelieveinLouisiana.com, a support group of Governor Bobby Jindal and his Chief of State Timmy Teep...
Right Hand Thief - Mon 5:00 p.m. - 27 clicks
The Gambit is against teaching Creationism/ID in schools. Jindal supports it. The Gambit supports keeping the helmet law. Jindal opposes it. Now, the Gambit reprinted Jeremy Alford’s articlediscussing Jindal’s tight ship and how “Melissa Sellers has become Public Enemy no. 1 to many reporters at Louisiana news outlets”. She has already become famous for removing people from...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mon 1:11 p.m. - 26 clicks
Karen Carter is going to have a press conference today to respond to attacks made by “Believe In Louisiana“, Jindal’s own personal propaganda service All Children Matter. (Update from Cheron Brylski corrected who was paying for the ad. Believe in Louisiana is still a problem though). Believe in Louisiana states: All contributions and expenditures will be publicly [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mon 1:11 p.m. - 22 clicks
..to phone in this "Jury-is-still-out-on-the-Nagin-legacy"target="_blank" front pager on Sunday. It takes just two amateur blog people to fill in the missing points. (See below) YRHT Moldy City ...
Library Chronicles - Mon 1:11 p.m.
In a small article titled "Amateur Hour" in this week's Gambit Weekly (pg 22, not online yet): When [Bobby] Jindal arrived at this newspaper's office on Oct. 4 for an interview with our editorial board, [Melissa] Sellers, who was his campaign press aide, attempted to sit in on the interview. That's a definite "no-no" at any paper worth its salt. But when Sellers was told she had to leave, s...
Right Hand Thief - Mon 1:10 p.m. - 19 clicks
Mark Couvillon of New Orleans wrote a letter to the Times Picayune: I find it amazing that the Bush administration is furious with the junta in Burma for refusing to allow the United States to send more aid to cyclone victims due to political differences between our country and theirs. Is this not the same Bush administration that refused Cuba's offer to send 1,600 doctors and 26 tons of medi...
Right Hand Thief - Mon 10:00 a.m. - 23 clicks
The Advocate seems to be getting on the bandwagon of criticizing Jindal and his weakening of ethics standards (which is a good thing). However, they are quoting PAR (who is also upset at the increase in the change of burden of proof) when they say: The Public Affairs Research Council said the new standard “seems to [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mon 7:54 a.m. - 15 clicks
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-barry23apr23,0,552 "So far, policymakers have not seen the problem as a whole, and they largely perceive federal assistance as generosity. That's the wrong way of looking at it. Given that benefits to states throughout the Mississippi Valley actually created the......
Humid Haney Rant - Mon 7:53 a.m. - 17 clicks
I intended to do a detailed critique of the Picayune's midterm evaluation of Nagin's second term, but why should I put more effort into critiquing a story than the reporters put into research and writing it? Don't let the length fool you, I'm sure that most people that attended college, or even a college prep high school, wrote at least one term paper in which the bulk of the effort went into me...
Moldy City - Mon 12:19 a.m. - 21 clicks
First, some selections from the T-P's front page article assessing Mayor Nagin at the midpoint of his second term: Having dubbed 2008 the "tipping point" for New Orleans' recovery, Nagin and his administration seem to be slogging through high political weeds, buoyed by splashes of good news -- most associated with marquee tourism events -- but not yet delivering on recovery director Ed Blakely...
Right Hand Thief - Sun 9:46 p.m. - 26 clicks
A few days ago, Mandeville Republican and rare coin dealer Paul Hollis announced his candidacy for the United States Senate on — fittingly– CoinNews.net, referring to himself as “nationally-known,” which will definitely prove to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hollis will be challenging John N. Kennedy, who he refers to as a “perennial candidate,” for the [...]...
CenLamar - Sun 4:26 p.m. - 25 clicks
The front page headline of the Sunday Times Picayune asks: Can Nagin Get Things Done? No, no, no. A thousand times No. This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions. --- Moldy City has a more extended take on the article by Michelle Krupa and Frank Donze....
Right Hand Thief - Sun 1:59 p.m. - 23 clicks
In this morning's paper, you wrote: Pollster and Xavier University political scientist Silas Lee said Nagin, like any mayor of a large American city, often gets judged for successes and failures in areas outside his direct control, such as the pace of work on federal levee projects. Some of the criticism leveled at the mayor is misplaced, he said. Shouldn't that have read,"Pollster, highly ...
Moldy City - Sun 10:34 a.m. - 23 clicks
To whom will Mayor Transparency give the first interview? Nagin declined to answer detailed questions for this story, adding through a spokesman that he would "provide interviews on this topic within the next few weeks." Odds: Lee Zurik: 100-1 WVUE morning crew: 3-2 Norman Robinson : 1-10...
Moldy City - Sun 8:00 a.m. - 29 clicks
Tooling around the internets , or the tubes , this morning, I came across a valuable resource, GovTrack , which tracks all of the happenings and going-ons in the United States Congress. Currently, it is missing the votes and names of Scalise and Cazayoux, along with a picture of Boustany, which I've emailed to the creator and operator of the site. Hopefully, that will be rectified shortly. ...
Daily Kingfish - Sat 4:05 p.m. - 24 clicks
Take a ride in the wayback machine via Myanmar to south Louisiana on August 29, 2005 in these Associated Press stories published in the International Herald Tribune. Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm The Associated Press Published: May 8, 2008 “When we saw the (storm) track, I said, ‘Uh oh, this is not going to [...]...
People Get Ready - Sat 1:58 p.m. - 37 clicks
In order to provide some context, this is the former Guaranty Bank and current Capital One Bank building, located across from the “new” Alexandria City Hall and the Hotel Bentley. It is the tallest building in Rapides Parish and a cornerstone of Downtown Alexandria. ...
CenLamar - Sat 3:50 a.m. - 36 clicks
So, there is official confirmation that rare coins dealer and long-time Republican Paul Hollis is indeed running for the US Senate. How do I know? His website , for one. And, with a hat tip to The Reduct Box , Hollis plans to officially announce on Monday, May 12th . Also, Louisiana Victory 2008, the coordinated Democratic campaign for Louisiana, has come out with a great website ...
Daily Kingfish - May 9 - 29 clicks
Political contributions to Ray Nagin under the name “Cummings” from addresses at 416 Gravier and 441 Gravier Street total $47,500 between January 2001 and May 2006 according to the Louisiana Ethics LEADERS database. Pay to play: The Louisiana Board of Ethics said Thursday that Sean Cummings, a private developer who also leads a city agency called the [...]...
People Get Ready - May 9 - 20 clicks
During his appearance on the Tonight Show, Gov. Bobby Jindal recycled Billy Tauzin's quip that "Half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment". Jindal carried it off well, and the audience laughed and thought it was funny. However, very few are aware that Jindal allegedly toyed with the idea of altering Billy Tauzin's joke, and customizing it a bit. While preparing for...
Right Hand Thief - May 9 - 16 clicks
If this is true we should all go down there and win some taxes back. Nagin owns a Casino?...
Humid Haney Rant - May 9 - 10 clicks
At tonight’s OPDEC meeting, Sheriff Marlin Gusman came and explained to us about our parole powers. Apparently, all elected officials in Orleans parish, including yours truly, can get people out of jail. Not for everything, just municipal offenses, and nothing involving violence. But, hey, get caught piss-ass drunk on the street on Mardi Gras, and [...]...
Danger Blond - May 8 - 15 clicks
Think Progress: has a summary of the latest Katrina comments from radical fundagelical pastor John Hagee: Two weeks ago, controversial Pastor John Hagee reiterated his prior belief that Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans because it was “planning a sinful” “homosexual rally.” Asked about the comments, [John] McCain — who sought Hagee’s endorsement for more than a year — was forced to ...
Right Hand Thief - May 8 - 7 clicks
Oyster points us to the latest Jeremy Alford article which is a must read. Oyster does cover most of the important items. However, I do have to correct one thing Alford said: Publicly, Jindal maintains a schedule that favors tightly scripted speeches and appearances to community groups and gatherings of supporters, spreading an unwavering message of [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - May 8 - 7 clicks
During the campaign for Governor, Jindal (while trying to distance himself from Blanco) stated that the surplus should be used as tax breaks. It was reported on 990 AM this morning that Jindal is now against using the surplus for tax breaks. Just another example of Jindal saying one thing and doing another. ...
Liberty and Justice for All - May 8 - 9 clicks
So what's all this controversy about earmarks? "Pork-Barrel Spending" shout editorial writers all over Louisiana. On the national level, Republican presidential nominee John McCain has "vowed to veto all earmarks as president, and to make the authors famous." All these so-called pet projects by legislators have even caused Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to threaten line-item vetoes of special ...
Daily Kingfish - May 8 - 12 clicks
So I was reading blogs online this morning, and I came across this jarring post from johnnygunn over at MyDD . Folks often talk of the destruction left behind by the Federal Flood, (Hurricane Katrina), but fewer talk of the devastation left by Hurricane Rita in Southwest Louisiana. The photo to the left was taken in Cameron, LA by MyDD reader johnnygunn. What I wanna know is where has ...
Daily Kingfish - May 7 - 10 clicks
Jeremy Alford's article on the Jindal administration is a must-read. Don't miss the "Jindal's Media Playbook" compilation at the end. Here are some choice nuggets: The unmistakable irony of [Gov. Bobby] Jindal’s stances [on government transparency] is not lost on some of his stakeholders. It’s a bitter pill for them to swallow, as Jindal was the mastermind behind forcing lawmakers to disclose ...
Right Hand Thief - May 7 - 7 clicks
Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price Just kidding. No one holds a candle to the transparent mayor. ...
People Get Ready - May 7 - 12 clicks
He Did for New Orleans What He Did for Baghdad It would seem, if our Chimpromised MSM is any source, that the only news to come out of New Orleans these days is good news. Rebuilding under way, cleanup, things are humming right along, right? If you’re a Chimpleton, perhaps this is the right answer; but then you also believe that Baghdad is a Utopia of peace and freedom. The rest of us, thos...
The Katrinacrat Blog - May 7 - 9 clicks
It’s official. We have been stung. Emma has a crush on Chris Paul and totally wants to have like 10,000 of his babies. The New Orleans Hornets are up on the defending champion Spurs 2-0. Chris Paul makes them fun to watch, side-stepping screens and lobbing alley-oops to Tyson Chandler. Of all the crowd shots from [...]...
Austerican - May 6 - 14 clicks
Well it seems folks are getting more informed concerning the breaking up of a Second Line 10 days ago. Jarvis DeBerry weighs in here. The T-P editors put this one together. Some of us on the NOLA Blogger’s e-list are trying find out more concerning this incident. Right now the opinion of most is that it [...]...
GentillyGirl - May 6 - 16 clicks
Adrastos on chaos at the New Orleans Police Department....
Adrastos - May 6 - 14 clicks
Avman is on a roll over at Louisiana Conservative. See, he tries to spin the Cazayoux robocall issue into an issue of racism. He also grasps for straws (yet again), by attacking ”Act Blue” for being “biased” in this election. However, according to the Act Blue website: Contributions made via the ActBlue website are just like contributions through other means [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - May 6 - 16 clicks
New Orleans City Business has an interesting piece on the white bread, or beige paint, tastes of uptown New Orleanians. While I was on vacation last Summer, the USA Today gave a report on riverfront redevelopment that mentioned one of the apparent conflict of interest charges that could be levelled against Sean Cummings in his role as head of NOBC. When I got back from my trip, I pored over...
Moldy City - May 6 - 16 clicks
I broke the story late Friday night that there were robocalls being made to voters in East Baton Rouge Parish designed to depress voter turnout. The text of the calls was: "I'm very upset that the National Democratic Party favored Don Cazayoux from New Roads over Michael Jackson. The Democratic Party raised $850,000 for Don Cazayoux which is the only reason Michael Jackson lost in the Dem...
Daily Kingfish - May 5 - 20 clicks
I highly recommend James Wolcott's latest Vanity Fair article : In January 2009, the former president would pack his saddlebags and head back to his Texas ranch, secure in the knowledge of having wrecked pretty much everything there was to wreck (Iraq, the dollar, the national debt, America’s prestige abroad, the rebuilding of New Orleans, the Endangered Species Act). The president’s imprompt...
Moldy City - May 4 - 15 clicks
Kudos to the citizens of Louisiana’s 6th district for electing Cazayoux over Woody Jenkins. Of course, the choice of Woody Jenkins wasn’t that much of a choice at all. With ties to David Duke and false claims of voter fraud, it is amazing that he managed to get over 40% of the vote. I guess [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - May 4 - 17 clicks
"Transparency and accountability must be the cornerstones of government," said Mayor C. Ray Nagin. "This Citizen Guide is another step towards bringing government and citizens together. I am very pleased to deliver it into the hands of the people of New Orleans." Transparency in government is a priority objective for CBNO/MAC, and the "Citizen Guide" reflects Mayor Nagin's follow-through on a pl...
Moldy City - May 3 - 11 clicks
Last Saturday, a major dissing of our Cultures and Traditions here in New Orleans went down: Da’ NOPD broke up a Second Line, a Jazz Funeral, in the Treme last Saturday. (Of course the local paper didn’t report on the event until the wee hours of the morning today.) This was as the mourners had [...]...
GentillyGirl - May 3 - 15 clicks
From today's Picayune: City facing more red ink, revenue conference is told ..., the city's budget faces almost $60 million in red ink during the next five years unless the city takes steps to increase projected revenue or reduce expenditures. ... The council said it would either cut spending or raise property taxes, with the goal of being self-sufficient by 2011, the same target as under a...
Moldy City - May 1 - 10 clicks
Steve Sca-sleaze will say anything to do what’s good for Steve Scalise, even if it’s bad for Louisiana. In the latest instance, Liberty and Justice for All caught Sca-sleaze lying on WWL TV about Bobby Jindal’s role in passage of the Outer Continental Shelf oil royalty revenue-sharing bill which was passed by Congress: Governor Jindal was able [...]...
People Get Ready - May 1 - 17 clicks
