It Might Not Be Climate Change, but We Have to Prepare for Whatever It Is By Jeff Thomas What if a rain machine storm that just devasted parts of Houston…
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Hey Ya’ll Its Election Time
By Jeff Thomas With qualifying over all the candidates are set for political races across the state. Predictably, in the NOLA metro area, controversy erupted immediately. Many other shocks and…
Gentrification Solutions
Creative Ideas to Protect Our Neighborhoods By Jeff Thomas News that real estate values in NOLA have skyrocketed should not surprise anybody. But that the city administration has been done…
NOLA Mayor & Delegation Score Big
By Jeff Thomas Gov Edwards Helps City Back to back championship level political work from elected NOLA political team This may be the best class of political leaders New Orleans…
How to Stop Car Breakins in NOLA
Just putting more police on the street won’t work. By Jeff Thomas The response to the uptick in car burglaries in NOLA is the definition of insanity. Yet understandably people…
‘Proactive Policing’ Could Be Creating Criminals
New research finds that minority youth who are confronted by officers are more likely to subsequently engage in delinquent behavior than those who don’t face such encounters. by Tom Jacobs…
Why Gentrification is Especially Bad for New Orleans
And how that is terrible for Louisiana Gentrification threatens tourism in New Orleans more than shootings on Bourbon Street. As the primary economic engine of not just New Orleans, but…
Sanctuary Cities Are A Good Thing
New Orleans Must Become a Destination for African Americans By Jeff Thomas New Orleans should be a sanctuary city for African Americans. Every policy and regulation possible should support this…
New NOPD Chief
Cantrell Names Local as New Chief By Jeff Thomas Mayor LaToya Cantrell named Shaun Ferguson as the new chief of the NOPD. By all accounts, Ferguson is well-qualified to lead the…
ONLY A BLUE TYPHOON CAN SCALE TRUMP’S RED WALL
NOVEMBER 6th By C.C. Campbell-Rock On November 6, 2018, U.S. citizens will find out in which direction elected officials will take the country. Republicans are counting on Donald Trump’s personal…