A new NOLA blog by James Wicht.
[...]A new NOLA blog by James Wicht.
[...]I will be paying close attention to the race for City Council District A. I’m the chair of OPDEC for District A, and I will be working to elect Susan Guidry, the only announced Democrat, to the city council.
Guidry is a lawyer, a community and neighborhood activist, a former teacher, [...]
I refuse to read anything with the name “Palin” in it. I’m just waiting for it to subside. Either Palin or her son-out-law seem to be everywhere. How long does a person’s 15 minutes last now? I wish they would take their hard-earned money and go away.
[...]Have you discovered The Lens? It’s Karen Gadbois’ newest online venture. She’s working with Pulitzer Prize winner Jed Horne, Ariella Cohen, Eli Ackerman, Ethan Brown and Brentin Mock. These talented writers will be investigating New Orleans and the Gulf South. I’ve got it on my feed reader and [...]
Local blogger Adrastos has hit the big time. He is now posting at First Draft, a very popular group blog that has been supportive of New Orleans and our alternative media since day one. If you don’t read First Draft, you should. I’ve been reading it [...]
Not really. Not yet, anyway. It’s been overcast and chilly all day. I have heard that the canals and river are high, but here Dangerblond Gardens there is not a leaf shaking on a tree.
UPDATE: I went to Rite Aid at about 8:30 and there was wind. It blew my [...]
Ray Nagin has an interview in the Times-Picayune today wherein he says that we hurt Ed Blakely’s feelings. We didn’t make him feel welcome enough.
I don’t know, dude. I showed up for his bike-ride around the Carrollton area, along with city council member Shelley Midura and a whole [...]
I was lucky enough to go Sunday second-lining with Lisa Palumbo today. Damn, that woman is a pro second liner. She somehow manages to stay right by the band, where you can hear the music and nothing else. We alternated marching with the Free Agents and Rebirth.
Each band [...]
The historic health insurance reform bill that Democrats have been trying to enact for 60 years has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. New Orleans’ representative Joseph Cao was the only Republican to vote for the bill. You would think that would be the top story on nola.com this [...]
What’s with the weather? It’s cool and fabulous outside, but I go to nola.com and what to my wondering eyes should appear? A tropical storm in November. The tentative forecast has it coming to our neck of the woods. Are we about to experience a test of our [...]
Greg Meffert, the mayor’s former right-hand man, has been indicted, along with his wife, Linda, and his crony, Mark St. Pierre. If Meffert is guilty, does this mean he did all this without Mayor Nagin knowing about it? I doubt it. Meffert: flip on Nagin and do it [...]
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Rising Tide is hosting a Blogging 101 workshop to show people how to get their own free blog going. A generous person has donated a keg of free beer for the event.
Bring [...]
Karen Gadbois’ assessment of Ed Blakely.
Times-Picayune editorial about him.
Arnie Fielkow’s statement about him.
I ask myself what we did to deserve this guy, and then I remember that we re-elected the man who hired him, Ray Nagin. What do you want to bet that Blakely [...]
Ed Blakely’s interview is depressing. He basically calls us a bunch of racist illiterates. Way to help out, Ed.
The interviewer asked him what he’d accomplished. He said that he brought in money, but the money went back into the federal treasury to pay the coast guard, or something. [...]
Unless you are going to the Saints’ game, do not, under any circumstances, try to drive downtown. Football fans are everywhere. Every parking lot has been full of tailgaters since early this morning. There is a stage set up off Poydras Street. People are grilling everything from andouille to zucchini. [...]
