A Look At The Saints’ Playoff Chances
For the rest of the country it was probably a snooze fest. Here though, it was high drama football. In the end, the Saints saved their season by beating the…
There’s A New Council In New Orleans
A Focus on Districts C & D Once again most of the voting public stayed home, hit the club, went out to dinner, or did who knows what while their…
Modern Day Redlining in New Orleans
Packing Local Boards, Whites Kill Black Access to Housing Besides barely voting in local elections, black people also tend not to participate in their neighborhood association boards. That was the…
Kyle Rittenhouse Got The Justice He Deserved
We’d call him Rittenhouse if he’d lost, but since he won, lets just call him Kyle. As far as we know, Kyle was just a good kid who happened to…
Money Talks In Key City Council Races
Our Look at the District C & D Runoff Races Well, the votes are in. The mayor’s race is settled as expected, but the City Council still has 4 seats…
Understanding Amendments Three & Four
Do You Know What’s On Your Ballot? No, this is not a kitchen table, but we’re still going to talk about money. Well not directly. We’re actually going to talk…
The Saints, By The Numbers
The NFL is about a 1/4 of the way through the season. The Saints have battled through displacement, injuries, inconsistency, and an adjustment period. Here’s a statistically based assessment of…
The Debt Ceiling Debacle
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before Wait, the party out of power was complaining about the party in power trying to raise the debt ceiling? What year is…
Can The City Council Be Trusted To Regulate Entergy?
I’d like to speak to upper management. I don’t think the City Council’s Utilities Committee is making a big enough mess of its relationship with Entergy. Yes, I know, both…
Lies, Garbage, And Operation Mardi Gras
Throughout its illustrious history, the city of New Orleans has had many firsts – corruption firsts, perpetually last in public education firsts, flooding firsts. But one first has always evaded…