Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Troy Henry launches N.O. mayoral campaign: ranglin'fo Successful Business Exec with No Political Experience
--But Not like Nagin was...
or Georges is, or... Leslie who?
~David Hammer

~Editilla Ho'tellas~Yeah, well, we all expect the next mayor to "Get The Job Done", right? But what about actual issues?
Who has the difference that will make a difference?
"The citywide primary will be Feb. 6, qualifying is Dec. 9-11."
~Clancy Dubois from beginning of this year's electualizing.
Interesting to look back over his list of Who'dats and Who'nats.
When we do start to see platforms,
I have to see 2 things on the table Up Front:
~Safe Flood Walls/Flood Safety
~Re-store a New Charity Hospital
That is just me, those cards Trump any others, to wit:
the Race Card, the Socioeconomic Card, the Education Card, the Corruption Card, the Crime Card whateva card you want to play.
Because, if those Old Bad Flood Walls are allowed to remain untouched, as the Corps is pushing with Option 1, then they will Fail Again. When they failed the first time, one of the only things I saw holding The Line during that first week of the Federal Flood was Charity Hospital. So, when those Bad Flood Walls Fail Again, and We Have No Charity, where will the next mayor be?
This could happen next hurricane season, folks.
It could happen during ANY hurricane as long as those Old Bad Failed Flood Walls remain. After they Fail, what else matters?
I was here during the Flood, sooo can someone tell me what else mattered then apart from Bad Flood Walls and Charity? Education? Racism? Health Care? Housing? Corruption?
Sewage and Water? Crime (HA!)? Buwettes? (HA! HA!)
Think about it, what really matters when the City is Flooded?
The Candidate that follows --or not-- Editilla's 2 Step Program
will show whether they Get It --or not.
Editillin'Minds want to Know.

Should Louisiana, New Orleans Republican Cao Be A Democrat?
~ Jeff Crouere


School choice series: Mother is determined to find best public pre-K~Sarah Carr

Why Fred Radtke Sucks
~The Chicory


T-P food editor Judy Walker gets Levees.org seal of approval
~Editilla Crowtellas~ OK, if the nice folks at Levees.org want to give kudos to journalists when they do right, how'bout we give out little Black Hearts when they do it wrong wit'da Katrina Shorthand

New Orleanians Keep On Keepin'It On Reality
~"Abandoning New Orleans, as the director of the corps stated last week, is to ignore the lessons of Holland where 68 percent of the country is 18 feet below sea level."

Tropical Storm Ida comes ashore at Dauphin Island

Grand Isle levee breached by Ida's surge Monday
~Nikki Buskey


Corps of Engineers to show new gear to plug levee breaches in Oklahoma

Disasters Media: A world to win
~Laurens Nijzink


Geothermal well in Cameron Parish gets funding
~Richard Burgess

An energy company has been awarded $5 million in federal Recovery Act funds for an electric plant that would harness the heat of water drawn from far below the Earth’s surface to produce power in Cameron Parish.
Louisiana Geothermal in Lake Charles is planning to begin construction of a new geothermal power plant in early 2011, company president George Jordan said.

New Orleans pension fund sues Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
~Giovanni Legorano


Oceanographer reined in at wind trial~Mary Perez

Organizations serving Medicaid recipients looking for help to save funds~Stephen Largen

Post-Flood food: The perfect storm in edible New Orleans

Saving New Orleans Culture, One Sandwich at a Time
~John T. Edge


New Orleans Middle East Film Festival ~Gambit

Sound revisions~Tim Cumming

Big Brass~The Musical Box

CNN Heroes: New Orleans Kids Plant 'Roots Of Music'
~Huffington Post


Dave Bartholomew inducted into Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

Allen Toussaint throws a star-studded soiree in honor of Dave Bartholomew
~Kieth Spera


Breaking the Band~Gambit

Daniel Lanois - New Work Proves He’s A Canadian Musical Genius ~Trixie Whitley

100 Best Jazz Recordings?
~Martin Gayford

4 comments:

K. said...

Drew Brees for mayor!

Seriously, it's an impossible job. The most important issue facing the city is not one of local control. You have to elect someone who (a) gets it, and (b) can dance with the ACE without letting them lead.

Plutonian Mac said...

Hi Editilla,

Georgianne Nienaber has asked me to help showcase this video by Caroline Herring, Tales of the Islander, from her new album, Golden Apples of the Sun. Check it out and see if you want to post it.

Thanks,

Plutonian Mac

Plutonian Mac said...

I guess it would help to give you the link, eh? I really should proof read my comments:

http://plutonianmac.blogspot.com/2009/11/caroline-herring-tales-of-islander.html

Plutonian Mac

Editilla said...

There you go, Mac!

K, I'll dance wit'da Exquisite Corps the way Carrie did. Sloooowly I toin...
But Leslie Jacobs is the Wild Card here, coming in so late but with plenty'0'money. She is also very smart and aggressive, a Democrat whatever the Fuck that means these days in Louisiana.
Though Dem'Fem she be, I cannot at this point answer for her "Progressive Congrooviation".
I just wish she would get her ass on out there on the stage.
It's time for these pols to start Workin'da Poles.