not going to be CNN junkie

I'm going to work as if at home, developing the course I will teach online next spring concerning resolving water resource conflicts.  It's tempting to just sit in front of the tube, watching the same stories, quarter hour by quarter hour...Mayor Nagin urging people to...

Gov Jindal: National Guard to Stay in New Orleans till end of Year

Did you know the Louisiana National Guard still patrols in New Orleans three years after Katrina? "by The Times-Picayune Thursday June 19, 2008, 8:11 AM Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to make an announcement today about whether or not the National Guard will remain in New...

New Orleans Panel Questions Law as Solution to Homeless Colony

Please keep in mind that many of these 'homeless' actually work, though at relatively low-paying, and sometimes sporadic, jobs. Many also make use of daytime facilities available that includes showers, laundry, meals, and phones. They are not 'filthy vagrants'."A month after...

New Orleans to hold its first online tax sale

 Update: Next NOLA tax sale Dec. 12. Still a lot left.Get ready for the next round. "2,500 properties go on block Monday Saturday, November 24, 2007 By Gordon Russell New Orleans officials announced they...

Bureaucracy and racism blamed in New Orleans recovery effort says Mayor Nagin.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday blamed racism and government bureaucracy for hamstringing his city's ability to weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from the disaster that struck the Gulf Coast nearly a...

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