HumidCity

This afternoon in the Still Perkin coffeshop on Prytania Senatorial candidate David R.M. Williams met with several local bloggers including Maitri of Vatul Blog fame, Metroblogger’s Craig Giesecke, Becky Houtman and yours truly.

It was an enlightening two hours or so, but then I am prejudiced, he is my uncle after all. Since family ties make anything I have to say suspect I will instead be linking to any other pieces that float up through the blogosphere as I locate them. I will be paying particular attention to the bloggers who were kind enough to join us.

Also, since I am family, and am obeying strict transparency, I can be very direct about encouraging you to vote for David Williams. I think he is our best shot

First post up on the WWOZ DJ Blog, some pics I took over the course of the first day.

Also a moment of humorous narcissism as Laureen at Metroblogging makes me aware that not only is there a fake Loki running around, but also that he is a much better artist than I am…

Since Maitri has been covering this for the past few days since the fire I will be referenceing her a lot as we explore the situation. I will also be uploading a large amount of video and pictures we took today. Anyway, here is an excerpt from her latest post on Metroblogging New Orleans which descibes the way the demolition crew brushed off our councilwoman Stacey Head (who was there in a supergirl t-shirt)

Metroblogging New Orleans: Coliseum Place Baptist Church: The Saga Continues

At this point, a very large and gruff man, who identified himself only as a city official, told everyone involved, including Stacy Head, to back off because he had been paid, the Curtises had paid Gioe’s for the demolition and there was nothing any of us could do about it. The demolition continued. Whomever said yesterday that the walls and tower would require “just a tap” to cave in is an ignorant liar. Each successive wrecking-ball blow, some applied to the same spot several times over given how well the brick held up, felt like a punch to my solar plexus. I am so proud of how well the tower held up to the end.