by Sharon Lavigne, Louisiana Illuminator Last week, Congressman Clay Higgins made the social media post about Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leaving us perplexed ever since.…
Category: Politics
The Governor And State Legislators Don’t Want Us To Know How The Sausage Is Made
What’s done in the dark won’t be coming to any type of light if our state legislators have anything to do with it. The latest head scratcher coming out of…
Gov Jeff Landry is Kinda Like Huey P. Long
Everything That’s Old Is New Again. But Is That Good for New Orleans? State interference in New Orleans politics has a long and storied history. Race and power are now…
Pain but Rarely Gain for Black Owned Businesses!
– by Otis Tucker As a great grandson and grandson of an entrepreneurial family I studied the history of Black Businesses in this city. I looked at the rise and…
Alternatives to Biden and Trump? More Old Guys
Another presidential election looms in November, and who stands to win? An 81 year old Democrat incumbent and a 77 year old wanna be dictator posing as a Republican. Both…
Is Gov Landry Trying to Takeover New Orleans?
Many people in New Orleans think Governor Jeff Landry wants to take over New Orleans. Landry campaigned on making New Orleans great again. And Landry wasn’t even in office for…
How Proposed Insurance Reforms Attack Louisiana Homeowners
Louisiana’s current insurance reform supports big business and hurts families. Everyone agrees that Louisiana’s insurance crisis is complicated. Not enough insurers want to enter the market. Prices are sky high.…
This Week in New Orleans – What the Hell is Going On?
In a valiant attempt at euthanasia, a Sewerage and Water Board (S&WB) employee bungled the parts for Turbine 4 in hopes that the powers that be would finally do what’s…
Gov Landry Needs a Strong New Orleans
Is Gov Jeff Landry out to get New Orleans? Does he want to take over the city? Does he intend to pull a Jackson, MS like hijacking? Or is he…
Feed Some of the New Bills to NOPD Rats?
Louisiana Legislative Session Highlighted by Hyper Conservative Bills Last week, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told us rats destroyed NOPD evidence. Apparently, they ate through sizable amounts of seized marijuana. “All…