By admin on December 22, 2008
City Council President Jackie Clarkson called the event “monumental.”
Posted in Community, Housing, News, News Articles, Recovery
By admin on December 19, 2008
In announcing the grand-opening lineup, City Council President Jackie Clarkson said she hopes the events will be the spark that jump-starts restoration of all of New Orleans’ performing arts venues, starting with the Saenger, Joy and Orpheum theaters downtown. “First Mahalia, next Saenger, ” Clarkson said. “We’re on a roll. We’re not going to quit until we bring all of Hollywood and all of Broadway here.”
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged Performing Arts
By admin on November 21, 2008
Clarkson will be honored for her proudest accomplishments in this term: breaking ground at Federal City, the largest economic development project in the state, as well as leading New Orleans in the passage of two amendments to the City Charter, the first of which permanently established the Office of the Inspector General and the second of which gave New Orleans a Master Plan with the force of law.
Posted in News, Press Releases
By admin on November 14, 2008
Clarkson, who was on the ground in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina as a district Councilmember, will draw on her extensive experience to address “Why Women Can Make a Difference in Disaster and Recovery.”
Posted in News, Press Releases
By admin on November 13, 2008
Council President Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson will meet today with state Directors of Homeland Security from Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Posted in News, Press Releases, Storm Protection and Preparedness
By admin on November 10, 2008
“I am fed up. Nothing has to take this long,” said Council President Jackie Clarkson. “Something is really wrong. So little is getting done, I can’t get a handle on this.”
Posted in City Government, News, News Articles, Recovery
By admin on November 6, 2008
Council President Jackie Clarkson, who last week had suggested she might go along with a tax increase dedicated solely to replenishing the city’s Hurricane Gustav-depleted emergency reserve, said the council will pass a balanced budget, as the City Charter requires it to do. However, she said, “We will not raise taxes to do it.”
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles | Tagged Budget
By admin on November 2, 2008
“The coalition behind this proposition reflects the face of New Orleans – black and white, Uptown and Downtown, business leaders and community leaders,” Clarkson said. “We are all united behind the idea that it’s time to get the politics out of planning in New Orleans.”
Posted in City Government, Economic Development, Good Government, News, Press Releases | Tagged Land Use and Zoning, Master Plan with the Force of Law
By admin on October 27, 2008
New Orleans voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to amend the City Charter to give the city’s forthcoming master plan the force of law, meaning that all zoning and land-use decisions would have to conform to the plan.
Posted in City Government, Economic Development, Good Government, News, News Articles | Tagged Land Use and Zoning, Master Plan with the Force of Law
