Ole Jay Arena (notorious among Nola bloggers for being $20 short of propriety at 2007’s Rising Tide), up and got himself arrested because he doth protest too much at the demolition of the St. Bernard projects.
Three arrested in public housing protest
Also arrested was Sharon Jasper, a woman whose photo with a large television was the first indication of a certain sense of humor operated by Times-Picayune photographers.
It’s interesting that Arena’s crashing of Rising Tide resulted in the first page of a Google search for his name to be peppered with accounts of his being willing to speak up at a conference but not willing to pay to do so.
No doubt his trip to central lock-up will become yet another verse in “The Legend of Jay Arena” by Jay Arena. I’m sure it will include comparisons with Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, etc.
Oh, he gonna pay at OPP…but good too. Now I ain’t sayin’…
Arena goes on trial April 20 for the row at the City Council. That ought to be interesting. Is there a pool on his getting held in contempt?