by Jeff Thomas Congressman Cedric Richmond’s Party. This invitation only event is the biggest party of Essence and one of the biggest parties of the year. A who’s who of…
Category: Jeff’s Thoughts
Free Slaves Ran Jefferson Parish
By Jeff Thomas A recent trip to the African American Museum of History and Culture was inspiring and motivational. Despite the current attempts to roll back recent progress, the general…
Monuments Removal Priceless
By Jeff Thomas When news broke that the city spent over $2 million to remove the Confederate monuments at the same time that we learned that New Orleans had one…
Misleading Signs Cause Confusion
By Jeff Thomas Is the city of New Orleans deliberately trying to trick drivers into getting tickets? Is so much of the budget dependent upon the city collecting traffic…
How Stopping Car Booting Can Make Landrieu a Presidential Contender
By Jeff Thomas The progressive and inspirational act of removing the Confederate monuments that littered the New Orleans skyline is in danger of turning into a hollow act of triviality. …
Colin Kaepernick is just like Muhammed Ali.
By Jeff Thomas Recently Muhammed Ali’s death transfixed the nation. Headlines everywhere praised the former heavyweight champion as “the Greatest”. Ali transcended race was the most popular refrain. But during…
Hooray Mayor Landrieu
SPECIAL THANKS TO TAKE EM DOWN NOLA FOR KEEPING THIS URGENT AND CURRENT By Jeff Thomas Mayor Mitch Landrieu has shown the kind of bold and strong leadership worthy of…
Civil Service Rules Changes to Allow Discrimination
by Jeff Thomas Remember when the first and only elected African American DA, Eddie Jordan, fired all the white people in the DA’s office. White people were protesting in the…
Traffic Cameras Will Cause Crime to Worsen
Government Confiscation of Property Without Due Process More Like RICO than Traffic Matter By Jeff Thomas At the same time that the state is looking for ways to address our…
DA’s Office Creates Uncooperative Public
DA’s Office Actions Reminiscent of Police Shootings By Jeff Thomas Nearly 70% of the people who live in New Orleans are African American. Since most crime victims are the same…