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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
Get your tickets now! The Le Petit Annual Encore! Gala is Saturday, Sept. 11, at Le Petit Theatre in the French Quarter. Bryan Batt and Patricia Clarkson will be emceeing the event.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Featured, 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 August 26, 2010
At today’s City Council meeting, in commemoration of the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Council Vice President Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson and the City Council payed tribute to several heroes of Hurricane Katrina.
Posted in City Government, Featured, News, Press Releases
By admin on August 26, 2010
The Council and neighborhood groups are hosting several meetings this week concerning a proposed charter change concerning the New Orleans Recreation Department. Find a meeting in your neighborhood.
Posted in Featured, General, Press Releases | Tagged NORD, Youth and Recreation
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 October 19, 2009
“We’re not giving up,” Clarkson said. “The Corps is mistakenly pursuing a ‘cheaper’ plan that will actually put our area at risk for dramatic costs in life and property – and we cannot let this happen.”
Posted in News, Press Releases, Recovery, Storm Protection and Preparedness | Tagged 100 Year Flood Protection, Options 1 2 and 2a, Outfall Canals, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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 August 19, 2009
“I have witnessed firsthand the economic benefit the Museum has continued to bring to our city, region, and state,” Clarkson said.
Posted in Economic Development, News, Press Releases, Recovery | Tagged Louisiana Recovery Authority, Military, National World War II Museum
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
