1910 – The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine. City council immediately sets a fine for running one.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1944 – John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery. [...]
I will be paying close attention to the race for City Council District A. I’m the chair of OPDEC for District A, and I will be working to elect Susan Guidry, the only announced Democrat, to the city council.
Guidry is a lawyer, a community and neighborhood activist, a former teacher, [...]
The Bossier City Council met yesterday and presented their version of the 2010 budget. The council has heard a lot from constituents about the proposed layoffs, and not very much of it was favorable. They have stepped up and worked out a compromise plan which basically [...] In his bid to reclaim the Distirct A seat on the New Orleans City Council, former Councilman Jay Batt will have at least two opponents in the Feb. 6 primary — one a fellow Republican and one a Democrat. The Republican is Virginia Blanque, a businesswoman who also has worked [...]
If we charged a committee of experts with the task of picking the absolute worst time of year to hold a citywide election in New Orleans, they could not possibly pick a more ill suited time for choosing a new mayor and City Council than the schedule we already follow.
Not [...]
Ray Nagin has an interview in the Times-Picayune today wherein he says that we hurt Ed Blakely’s feelings. We didn’t make him feel welcome enough.
I don’t know, dude. I showed up for his bike-ride around the Carrollton area, along with city council member Shelley Midura and a whole [...]
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 [...] 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 [...]
Meanwhile, Central La. Politics and Alex Cenla's Rants & Ravings are reporting that the Alexandria City Council has some problems of its own.Another candidate is testing the waters for the New Orleans City Council seat representing District A, which is being vacated by Councilmember Shelley Midura. Virginia Blanque, a businessowner, former vice president of the Mid-City Neighborhood Association and former director of constituent services for Councilman Arnie Fielkow, held a small [...]
