img hot linked from WWL Like or don’t like it, it’s another interesting chapter in local politics. A hurricane, a historic presidential election, a lame Saturday in December, it was a perfect storm. I voted for Cao. And in doing so can revel in his victory or, let’s be honest, the defeat of William Jefferson….
Author: Varg
A Simple Soloution?
Crescent City Connection audit recommends dumping toll booths for electronic tags In the story above, remarks are made regarding the Mississippi River ferries and their cost to the Crescent City Connection. You can read the story but it says the ferries lose $21,000 a day. Being a weekly and often daily traveller on The Algiers…
Miss Alma
Alma R. Watkins After the storm, we had folks leaving and other folks moving in. Among those who moved in was Miss Alma and her mother Myrtle and disabled son Steven who needed at-home supervision. They were great neighbors and I spent many afternoons chatting with Myrtle on her front porch and occasionally dropping her…
Who’s Scruffy Looking?
From this story… New Orleans mother is arrested seeking to avenge son’s killing Shawntrell Hills didn’t trust police, had little faith in the criminal justice system and wanted an immediate resolution to her son’s slaying, relatives said. Her son, after all, was a known Central City cocaine and heroin peddler, the kind of victim they…
Cleaning Up
The Raleigh News and Observer has taken steps to curb anonymous postings on their online blogs. Bravo for them. Though, it seems their course of action could easily be gotten around by someone with enough will. And if I know anything about bigots and racists, they certainly have the will. That’s sort of the problem…
Delta Royale
My perennial fiancee Romy Kaye will be playing with her new band Delta Royale at Mimi’s in The Marigny tonight from 10:30 pm – 1 am for anyone who lives in the area or happens to be oot and aboot. Grab yourself a free mp3 of Romy right here. Come out. Come out.
Steven Seagal is…
… out for justice in Jefferson Parish. Criminals may think they are above the law but will be under siege and marked for death because he’s hard to kill. From Variety… Steven Seagal can now add “reality TV lead” to his resume, as A&E is in production on nonfiction skein “Steven Seagal: Lawman” in New…
Liens Du Moment: 11/24
I recall after the storm there was some consideration to turning this lot into a Fema trailer park that some NIMBYs in the neighborhood were against. My finacee wants it to be a Trader Joe’s. According to this article in may perhaps be an movie lot. Algiers film center proposed. Times-Pic Black New Orleans voters…
Dust Off The WTF Again
It’s been a while since I have utilized my ubiquitous WTF category but the the rules states that if at any time I utter the phrase while reading article then it applies. Thus, the phrase was uttered at around the the fifth paragraph of this Nola.com article… SDT’s investigator says waste dumped as sabotage “That…
Peter Schiff Was Right
Schiff calls the credit crisis two years ago and is consistently laughed at. The amount of ridicule he endures is amazing and the proliferation of this video must be some sort of reckoning.