Representative Jimmy Harris Works to Aid Storm Victims
Louisiana Representative Jimmy Harris’ District 99 has scores of homes and some businesses that were heavily damaged by the recent tornadoes. Seeing the many needs, Rep Harris worked to secure as many state and local resources as possible to aid homeowners and residents in their recovery. His latest efforts insured that Cox Cable would issue credits to the customers whose properties were impacted by the storm.
Rep Harris fired off a letter to Cox President Pat Esser asking –
”On behalf of the constituents /customers of Louisiana House District 99 who were adversely impacted by this disastrous storms and who has lost use of internet, cable, phone and security alarm systems, I request that you credit them for the full month of February or from the disaster date until the date of restoration of services, whichever is greater.
The damages caused by this unprecedented storm has placed an undue burden and financial hardships on constituents /customers in this area. Due to no internet -wi-fi access it makes it difficult for citizens to communicate and receive pertinent information as they are recovering; forcing them to use only cell phone data potentially resulting in a higher cell phone bill.”
The corporate leaders at Cox eagerly responded and agreed to put together a STORM RECOVERY PACKAGE for Cox customers who were impacted by the tornadoes. Included in the package are the following benefits-
- Customers automatically receive a credit for services that will appear on either the March or April bill
- Customers keep their phone number for 90 days for no charge
- Customers keep their email address for 90 days for no charge
- Customers can remotely access their webmail for 90 days at no charge
- After 90 days, customers will only have a nominal charge to keep these services
Thanks to Representative Harris and Cox Cable for helping our citizens receive the help they need and deserve during these trying times.
Jeff Thomas
Publisher • Opinion Columnist • New Orleans
Jeff Thomas is the publisher of Black Source Media and one of New Orleans’ most direct voices on civic affairs, economic justice, and Louisiana politics. He writes from the intersection of experience and accountability — as a licensed general contractor,a tech company founder and executive with over 30 years experience, and a businessman who has worked across the city’s civic, media, and construction ecosystems for decades.
His Sunday column covers Louisiana legislative politics, insurance discrimination, housing policy, and the forces shaping Black community life in New Orleans and across the state. Thomas writes in the tradition of Black journalists who hold power accountable without apology — building arguments from data, delivering verdicts from evidence, and speaking to Black New Orleans with the directness the moment demands.
He is also the principal of EA Inspection Services, LLC, a government inspection services company. Black Source Media is his platform for the civic conversation New Orleans has needed and too rarely had.
Selected Articles by Jeff Thomas
Black Neighborhoods Pay the Highest Insurance Rates in Louisiana. Here’s What They Don’t Want You to Know.
They Didn’t Yell the N-Word. They Went to Law School, Bided Their Time, and Rewrote the Constitution Instead.
Vappie vs. Morrell: Why Does Justice Look Different in New Orleans?
The State Has the Money. New Orleans East Just Needs Them to Use It.
The Failure of Mitch Landrieu
Publisher — Black Source Media
Jeff Thomas
Publisher • Opinion Columnist • New Orleans
Jeff Thomas is the publisher of Black Source Media and one of New Orleans’ most direct voices on civic affairs, economic justice, and Louisiana politics. He writes from the intersection of experience and accountability — as a licensed general contractor,a tech company founder and executive with over 30 years experience, and a businessman who has worked across the city’s civic, media, and construction ecosystems for decades.
His Sunday column covers Louisiana legislative politics, insurance discrimination, housing policy, and the forces shaping Black community life in New Orleans and across the state. Thomas writes in the tradition of Black journalists who hold power accountable without apology — building arguments from data, delivering verdicts from evidence, and speaking to Black New Orleans with the directness the moment demands.
He is also the principal of EA Inspection Services, LLC, a government inspection services company. Black Source Media is his platform for the civic conversation New Orleans has needed and too rarely had.
Selected Articles by Jeff Thomas
Black Neighborhoods Pay the Highest Insurance Rates in Louisiana. Here’s What They Don’t Want You to Know.
They Didn’t Yell the N-Word. They Went to Law School, Bided Their Time, and Rewrote the Constitution Instead.
Vappie vs. Morrell: Why Does Justice Look Different in New Orleans?
The State Has the Money. New Orleans East Just Needs Them to Use It.
The Failure of Mitch Landrieu