August 18th, 2008 by Loki
Maitri posts the best synopsis of the past several days in New Orleans that I have yet seen. Gets right on down to the nitty gritty, and boy is it gritty….
Via Vatul Blog:
On returning to New Orleans, I’ve discovered that the city wrongly demolished a home, Jessica Hawk (from Ohio) was found murdered in her home on the 3000 block of Chartres in the Bywater, two people were shot to death at an Uptown intersection where my friend takes frequent afternoon walks, McSame and Bush will make their obligatory New Orleans visits this week (for more cake, I’m sure) and, to top it all off, Mayor Ray Ray will be presented with “The Award of Distinction For Recovery, Courage, and Leadership” by a group called “The Excellence in Recovery Host Committee,” led by a prominent member of our City Council. I feel like a bit character in a poorly-reenacted mashup of The Enemy Within and Mirror Mirror set in New Orleans.
Yes, corruption and incompetence are found wherever power and money are to be had, but not like this, not when we should all be extra-vigilant during this reconstruction. Returning to pre-Katrina dysfunctional bullshit is not recovery. It makes me want to run screaming back to Ohio or Wisconsin. The Upper Midwest is not exempt from flood, government incompetence and crime, but it’s not an excuse to dodge the issue that there are serious problems down here, and that almost 25% will leave if we as a city don’t address them.
There, short and (not so) sweet.
-Loki, HumidCity Founder
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August 11th, 2008 by Loki
With approximately one month’s notice of the state’s Sept. 5 Road Home Program deadline, thousands, including low-income homeowners in desperate need, could permanently lose the chance to receive federal rebuilding funds from the program that was supposed to help them get back home.
Please join in calling for the State to rescind the deadline by signing the petition here, http://justiceforneworleans.org/roadhome/ (NOTE: you have to scroll down a little to see the text that pops up for each of the links).
We hope that the City of New Orleans will be joining us too - Councilmember Fielkow will introduce a resolution on Wed. at the Disaster Cmte. meeting (2pm City Council chambers) calling on the State to rescind the deadline - the resolution is currently circulating with other City Council members. By signing the petition, you will also be supporting the resolution. The resolution is posted at the web link above.
There is also a link for “Sponsoring Organizations” — if your organization supports rescinding the deadline and the proposed resolution, please sign your organization.
All Congregations Together (ACT) will be sponsoring a press conference before the City Council meeting on Wed. at 1pm on the steps outside City Hall !!
The state of Louisiana must rescind the Road Home deadline. All of Louisiana’s homeowners deserve a fair chance to receive their federal rebuilding funds. The state should not impose this global deadline on homeowners especially when it recognizes that its own contractor ICF has not properly performed.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS - THANK YOU.
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Davida Finger, Staff Attorney
Loyola University N.O. College of Law
Office: 504.861.5596
Fax: 504.861.5663
Cell: 504.292.6715
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October 26th, 2007 by Loki
Shelly Midura vs. Cynthia Hedge Morrell the fight of the minute!
So tell me if you’ve heard this one: The city council goes on retreat…
“I don’t buy it, Cynthia!” Midura shouted from her chair. “It’s to cover your political backside and I don’t believe you!”
Hedge-Morrell, who by now had risen from her chair and was standing over Midura, shouted back, “You think you’re Miss Goody Two Shoes,” her voice rising and face tightening, “and you sit there on your damn high horse!”
Ah professionalism, you’ve got to love it! The whole story is here on nola.com, be sure to read the comments. A few excerpts from the vox populi response:
NOLALARRY: A divided City Council, rotten DA office, Choc City Mayor that is M.I.A., Police force that can’t keep up with crime,…. what a dysfunctional mess.
1NOLANATIVE: You all miss the point. They were in a retreat. NONE of what was discussed during the retreat should have made it out of the hotel room, let alone into the newspaper. A retreat is supposed to be a place where you can vent, argue, cuss - whatever it takes - to get the tension and skeletons off their chests IN PRIVATE.
They’re going to argue. But, it should not have been made public.
MINDS: A retreat — how riduculous — what does that mean — we drink and then we tell each other you stink! How riduculous. I hope she went home to do something better than that! Get these fools on video. We want to see how you act in private. Have you got a different face?
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