By admin on September 30, 2010
Whether or not voters approve a major administrative overhaul of the long-troubled New Orleans Recreation Department at the polls Saturday, the agency should expect a major financial boost in next year’s budget.
Posted in Arts and Culture, City Government, Community, Economic Development, Featured, Good Government, News, News Articles | Tagged NORD, Youth and Recreation
By admin on September 30, 2010
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., maintained her hold Tuesday on the appointment of a key administration official until the Obama administration lifts its drilling moratorium, which Sen. David Vitter, R-La., predicted could happen next month.
Posted in Economic Development, Featured, News, News Articles | Tagged deepwater drilling moratorium, Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By admin on September 30, 2010
The three-year NASA authorization bill, which has already passed the Senate, contains provisions that Louisiana lawmakers say will be helpful to job retention at Lockheed Martin’s operations at the New Orleans facility.
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Featured, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged Michoud Assembly plan, N.O. East
By admin on September 28, 2010
Good recreation programs are important to the quality of life in a community. They can play a role in crime prevention, make a city attractive for new residents and businesses and help keep children happy and healthy. The New Orleans Recreation Department used to provide top-notch programs and facilities for children, but the department has been on the decline for more than two decades as the city slashed its budget and reduced its offerings. In short, its sad condition does a disservice to the city’s children. The hope is that reinventing NORD as a public-private partnership, as the amendment would do, will bring an infusion of new resources that will give the city’s recreation programs new life.
Posted in Arts and Culture, City Government, Community, Economic Development, Featured, Good Government, News, News Articles | Tagged NORD, NORD Charter Change, Youth and Recreation
By admin on September 28, 2010
Congress should use a large chunk of what could be billions of dollars in fines charged to BP to pay for the restoration of the environment and economy of Louisiana and other states affected by the Gulf oil spill.
Posted in Community, Featured, News, News Articles, Storm Protection and Preparedness | Tagged Coastal Restoration, Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By admin on September 27, 2010
The House passed legislation Thursday that extends the federal flood insurance program for another year.
Posted in Community, News, News Articles, Recovery, Storm Protection and Preparedness
By admin on September 24, 2010
Sen. Landrieu announced Thursday that she will block President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget until the administration eliminates or significantly modifies the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling.
Posted in Economic Development, Featured, News, News Articles | Tagged deepwater drilling moratorium, Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By admin on September 24, 2010
Residents of the Iberville public housing complex said that they want to steer the proposed Iberville redevelopment, not just approve someone’s else plans.
Posted in City Government, Community, Economic Development, Featured, Housing, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged Iberville public housing development, public housing
By admin on September 23, 2010
The federal government should establish a trust fund to pay for coastal restoration projects in states along the northern Gulf Coast, to be initially financed by penalties paid for violating federal laws, including 80 percent of any fines levied as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, concludes a report released Tuesday by America’s Energy Coast and its parent America’s Wetland Foundation.
Posted in Community, News, News Articles, Recovery, Storm Protection and Preparedness | Tagged Coastal Restoration
By admin on September 23, 2010
On the heels of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s public call last week for the entire board of the embattled Public Belt Railroad board to resign, the mayor recalled “one of the most curious conversations that I have ever had,” a meeting with Robert Cerasoli during his tenure as the city’s first inspector general.
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles | Tagged OIG
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