Category: Haps

Mayor tells station he won’t discipline Veronica White in e-mail scandal Even though the photo’s cutline reads… Mayor Ray Nagin, pictured here with Veronica White in Feb., told a local TV station Thursday that he can’t find any reason to discipline or fire the embattled sanitation director. Perhaps it should read… Mayor Ray Nagin is…

Mayor Says He’s Not Part Of (E-Maelstrom) Probe Wow, that certainly is brief but I don’t agree when they say terse. He’s sort of got a “nothing to see here” grin on his face. Later in last night’s broadcast version of this story, they chased Veronica White around Poydras street but couldn’t get a comment….

TSA to look into alleged Vitter airport incident I have always loved when “Do you know who I am” is utilized when folks who are used to leading a life of exceptions run into some situation in which the exceptions run out. Predictably, it has been uttered by a few local servants in the last…

My neighbor John works for the city and I apologize for not knowing which department. I think it is either Energy or Environmental Affairs. I tried looking it up but couldn’t find his name listed at CityofNo. But anyway, he is leaving this week to go to Washington to meet with Energy Secretary Steven Chu…

This here is a pretty fine example of Nagin’s “concealment” sin… Mayor Ray Nagin’s 2008 e-mails deleted in violation of records law So if we are all left to wonder what may have been in there. The only thing we can do is speculate. And since everyone’s already suspicious of him, he doesn’t lose any…

After 5 burglaries New Orleanian gives up, moving to Austin These stories, they get old after a while. It’s generally the same, someone is leaving town, blaming something. I’ve read or listened to dozens of these just in the few five years I have nbeen here. Those who left who are checking in to say…

…sorry to see you go. Though, I am sure there are a few who aren’t so sorry. Hopefully, you have done enough in your short time here to get the ball rolling on some visible change in New Orleans city government. Expectations for your replacement will be high. Thanks for the hard work. Enjoy the…

I’ve been trying to figure out what diffuse barrier is preventing me from getting caught up in the latest round of New Orlenians against crime. I think I have finally put my finger on it. It’s the encroachment of learned helplessness regarding city government. It goes back to the 2007 crime march and the belief…

Since it is pretty much a luxury and since it’s time for everyone to eat their vegetables and since we are all tired of Nagin holding it over our heads like it is some sort of trip to a theme park and since he has more pressing thing on his schedule like figuring out what…

Yes, it’s so far a “mild winter” and the sounds of air conditioners fill the air. With the exception of that snow day a while back, I’ve not had much of a chance to don sweaters and it’s essentially felt humid and warm for the last two weeks. So are we all going to die…