Monday, April 5, 2010

Lundi

Incorporating Green Infrastructure and the Flood Protection, Coastal Restoration Task Force~Watershed Nola
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One member removed from Landrieu Task Force seeking New Orleans' new police chief
~After two other members resigned in protest, Baty Landis, a founder of the anti-crime group Silence Is Violence, was removed Saturday from the task force created by Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu to recommend candidates for New Orleans' next police chief. The action came after Landis posted a message on her group's Web site critical of the way the search is being conducted.
~Editilla ahems'n'haws Yassah Ya'Betchas!~
We hope that Flood Protection Task Force, well we just wonda... what was he talking about with "Open and Transparent City Government", and what if one of those esteemed locals disagree with His Honor on Flood Protection? If any of you have met Ms Landis, as I, you would have to think this looks like a good question to ask now regarding the veracity, thus the efficacy, of these other Task Forces. We had enough "Who'z on 1st?" games?
After seeing this new mayor's Economics Task Force bend over and assume the position for LSU on Charity Hospital, we have to wonder if that is the City's plan for the Corps on Option 1 as well?
But Editilla ain't ready to jump on Mitch's Ass until he gets Keys.

It ain’t hot potato: Landrieu must clutch chief search
~Eli Ackerman, The Lens


McLovin' Cup
~Your Right Hand Thief

~T-P awards "Loving Cup" to Tulane University President Scott Cowen. I wish Ashley Morris were here to react to the news.
Ashley trusted Scott Cowen about "as far as he could explode him". He was on the Tulane President like white on rice maggots.
Here's a short but representative quote from Ashley regarding a similar circumstance:
(from July 12, 2007)
"I don’t have too much to say about the Gambit piece on NOLA universities, written by a Tulane undergrad and Gambit intern. As expected, Scott Cowen is portrayed as the visionary who made the painful but necessary bold moves to keep Tulane afloat.
As opposed to the vile fuckmook whose reign of terror allowed him to get his hands on the Engineering and Newcomb endowments, while canning tenured faculty in the process."


Pugnacious D~Emily Hussbaum

New Orleans Five Years After the Flood, The Big Uneasy
~Hat T'n'T~ Sandy Rosenthal, Levees.org

Sewerage and Water Board seeks public comment on its proposed Hazard Mitigation Plan for 2010

My Response to the Times-Picayune's Editorial in Favor of Destroying Lower Mid-City
~Inside the Footprint


State Farm decides to “mess with Texas” – sues insurance department ~slabbed

MEMA has contacted all entities that may owe Katrina money, but process could drag out

Post-Loss Market Earnings Ignored in Mississippi - Understanding Business Interruption Claims, Part 14

Louisiana Tax Structure Fails Our Education Systems and Threatens Our Economic Future ~NOLAmotion

History, photography, Judaism and Zen ~John McQuaid

Jewish Student Group Takes Charity Trip to New Orleans

Katrina-ravaged rivers now friendly to fishermen

Production of the space shuttle's external fuel tanks is winding down at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans

Army starts school to boost 'mental fitness' training?
~Army officials are hoping to better arm soldiers to fight the stress that comes from repeated deployment to war zones in an effort to stem record suicide rates.
The military branch today plans to officially open a new school aimed at teaching soldiers how to think positively to help deal with emotional, social and psychological stress. The work being done at Fort Jackson, the Army's largest training base, has been offered in some trial courses.

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Child-Governor Bobby Jindal set to headline GOP fundraiser in N.O.
~State law forbids the Louisiana governor and state legislators from raising money during legislative sessions. For the governor, that ban extends to the time period in which he is acting on bills. But the law allows fundraising for outside political groups. Jindal refused comment.
~A little mo'lagniappe from TPM on this Gaming of the Shrews.

NPR gives Evil a Name:
Vaccine Refusers!


"Undercover Roto-Rooter Boss" Gets Emotional in New Orleans ~Ken Tucker

Behind bars~Rodeo Attitude

Blague d'Art: Apres le Deluge, Moi ~Peter Frank

Dane Drummers: Jordan Cohen
~dane101.com


'Tis time to enjoy a good time at the French Quarter Fest
~Geraldine Wyckoff

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