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By admin on September 1, 2010
The New Orleans City Council will meet tomorrow for a regularly scheduled Council meeting. Among the agenda items to be addressed are:
* Ordinance to establish the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, to provide for membership composition and length of terms of members to the Commission (scheduled to be addressed at 1 p.m.)
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 30, 2010
Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson, with Council President Arnie Fielkow and the Council’s budget staff, appeared at WBOK this morning to discuss the City’s operating budget with Girod Stevens and WBOK listeners.
Posted in City Government, Featured, Good Government, News, Press Releases, Recovery | Tagged Budget
By admin on November 18, 2009
“The Council is the financial custodian of the City,” Clarkson said. “We have a responsibility to check and balance the City’s financial processes – including RFPs, especially those involving significant amounts of taxpayer dollars and those that have the potential to be renewed.”
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, Press Releases
By admin on September 25, 2009
“There are some good arguments for why councilmembers should receive a pay raise to adjust for yearly increases in the cost of living. But I do not believe that now is the appropriate time, nor can I in good conscience vote to increase pay for a position I expect to hold again during the next four years.”
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, Press Releases
By admin on September 14, 2009
Times Picayune – Others, including City Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson, criticized what they said has been a lack of public input in the decision to install statues in the park and in the selection of the honorees and the sculptors.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Good Government, News, News Articles, Recovery | Tagged Armstrong Park, Treme, Visual Arts, Youth and Recreation
By admin on August 20, 2009
Times Picuyune – “You can argue semantics all day long, but this is obviously a violation of the intent of the charter,” said City Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson. She makes a good point. The charter clearly envisions the council having a say in hiring firms that will represent the city’s legal interests. The Nagin administration’s actions have negated that role.
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles
By admin on August 18, 2009
Times Picayune – City Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson, who signed a letter Tuesday calling on the council’s lawyer to review the practice and consider legal remedies, also refused to accept the administration’s argument. “You can argue semantics all day long, but this is obviously a violation of the intent of the charter,” she said.
Posted in City Government, Good Government, News, News Articles
By admin on August 13, 2009
“Major shifts in entrenched city processes take time. Yes, we need to work diligently to keep the master plan on track. As the author of the charter change and as an at-large council member, I pledge to do all I can to ensure our city finally gets the plan we so desperately need, even if the timeline is little off.”
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 June 26, 2009
“This significant win for New Orleans was the result of hours and hours of work by an extraordinary coalition of New Orleanians – neighborhood leaders from Lakeview to the Lower Ninth Ward, non-profit organizations, the business community, elected and appointed City officials, and many others. Against the odds, we came together to save the City’s master plan and the promise it holds for quality of life and economic development in every corner of the City.”
Posted in City Government, Economic Development, Good Government, News, Press Releases | Tagged Land Use and Zoning, Master Plan with the Force of Law
