1805 – Lewis & Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean. They’d left Pittsburgh, PA on August 31 of the previous year.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. Today’s RNC would [...]
BY ALLEN JOHNSON JR.
U.S. Attorney Jim Letten today announced a 63-count indictment against Gregory Meffert, the city’s first chief technology officer — raising questions about how much has changed and how much has stayed the same at City Hall under outgoing Mayor Ray Nagin.
Inaugurated as a “reform” mayor in 2002, [...]
Whee! The first debate of the 2010 mayoral brawl was held tonight at the Ambassador Hotel in the CBD, hosted by the organization Crimefighters. Present were three of the six announced candidates (former judge Nadine Ramsey, housing advocate James Perry, and frontrunner/state Sen. Ed Murray), as [...]
Chef Who Dat was there to capture a magic moment in the Dome.
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[...]My brother on another continent, Keesie, and his wife recently adopted a little dog who’d been the victim of an auto accident. They knew going in that the little pup was going to have a rough go, but they brought the pup home to add to their [...]
I've been channeling my inner-Eeyore the past couple of days so blogging has been light. Might be the wind-down after Tuesday's elections, might be the long, slow march to the Thanksgiving break, might be just about anything political...all I know is that I haven't been in [...] 
The Bossier City Council will meet Tuesday at 3pm and it should get interesting. For the first time since the proposed budget cuts, people will be allowed to speak. Ordinarily, the council allows 3 people from each side of an issue to speak. Hopefully, the council [...] No, not me…
The news tells us today that the official unemployment numbers passed 10% last month.
November 06, 2009
Obama Signs Bill Extending Jobless Benefits as Unemployment Rate Skyrockets
Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, pushing the unemployment rate over 10 percent for [...]
Greg Meffert, the mayor’s former right-hand man, has been indicted, along with his wife, Linda, and his crony, Mark St. Pierre. If Meffert is guilty, does this mean he did all this without Mayor Nagin knowing about it? I doubt it. Meffert: flip on Nagin and do it [...]
Don't forget: Tomorrow's the 9th annual NOLA book fair. We'll be there with some new titles and T-shirts. Come say hi. Buy Dave a beer, and he might slip you a free book, you never know.
[...]Monday morning at 9:30 a.m., the New Orleans City Council will begin its budget hearings in council chambers. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the hearings, which will be used in part to determine how the city is going to make up a $68 million deficit. No [...]
Oyster takes Professor Jeff Sadow to school. [...]
Japanophiles may be fascinated with Japan Fest this weekend at NOMA (10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., Nov. 8), or greatly disappointed. NOMA’s annual event focuses on the elegant and dignified traditions of Japan. These include the grooming of tiny bonsai trees, plodding tea ceremonies, traditional floral arranging (ikebana) and origami. [...]
Things have come full circle on Ray Nagin. In 2002, he cast himself as the anti-Morial, the squeaky-clean “businessman” who was going to sweep out the corruption of the previous administration. After Friday’s 63-count corruption indictment against former city technology chief Greg Meffert — once Nagin’s top aide and close [...]
According to the Pelican Institute, ACORN Headquarters in New Orleans was raided today. WWL-TV confirms. [...] 
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