Community activist Belden Batiste filed a complaint with the New Orleans Ethics Review Board against New Orleans Inspector General Edward Michel for allegedly threatening Batiste with arrest by federal authorities. In a January 17, 2024 letter to ethics board attorney Dane Ciolino, Batiste said the treat came during a heated conversation outside the City Council […]
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Cabbies Accuse Cantrell’s Go-To Lawyers of Assisting Uber in Beating 37,000 Violations in 2018, Which May Have Cost the City More Than $33 Million
January 17, 2024In typical David vs. Goliath fashion, in a Civil District Court filing on January 16, 2024, Sher Garner- a politically connected firm favored by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration and thought to be still on contract to represent her office – apparently ganged up against “the little guy” taxi cab drivers in 2018 to deep-six more […]
Ubergate: One Stop Controversy Tied to Taxi Litigation
December 19, 2023City Attorney Donesia Turner has been ordered to appear before Judge Ellen Hazeur in Civil District Court on Friday, January 5 with documents which taxi cab industry officials believe will show that more than 35,000 “tickets” issued to Uber and its drivers were never paid or adjudicated. The City could take in at least $35 […]
Qualifying Begins December 13 for Judicial, Parish and State Offices
December 12, 2023Attorney LaKeisha Jefferson is pulling out all the stops. An announced candidacy for Civil District Court Division H Section 2, Jefferson hosted a holiday mixer Tuesday December 12, on the eve of qualifying which begins Wednesday, September 13 and runs through Friday, December 15.
Westbank Non-Profit Leader To Compete in International Jui Jitsu Contest Friday in Las Vegas
December 7, 2023Westbanker David Magee Jr., a Master III Blue Belt contender in the International Brazilian Jui Jitsu Federation and U.S. champion in his division, will compete to become World Champion this Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center before a large audience. Magee began practicing jui jitsu two years ago because his two children, Kylie and […]
Lawsuit Alleges City Failed To Collect Fees For Up To 37,175 Uber Violations Millions Could Be At Stake
December 1, 2023Elliot Flood, a once successful owner-operator of several New Orleans taxi cabs, is fighting mad. When Uber and Razier, a limited liability company wholly owned by Uber that employs the drivers, apparently began operating in New Orleans in 2013 and 2014 even before the City Council passed legislation authorizing the new industry, cab drivers like […]
Who Voted and Who Didn’t in the October 14 Elections
October 23, 2023The October 14, 2023 elections were a wake-up call for many New Orleanians who were surprised by the outcome of more than a few parish and state-wide races. Yet, with statewide turnout at 35.8 % and turnout in Orleans Parish at 27% percent, the 132,000 Orleans Parish voters who didn’t make it to the polls […]
October 14 Elections Are All About Turnout, Turnout, and Turnout
October 13, 2023With Louisiana’s statewide and legislative elections upon us, the candidates and their supporters as well as the backers of the various constitutional amendments and charter change amendments are making their final pushes. Shawn Wilson has spent this week shaking hands, kissing babies and raising money all across the state. He met with supporters at a […]
Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Almost Ready for Armstrong Park Redevelopment
August 8, 2023Save Our Soul Inc (S.O.S.) To Provide Mid-Year Report on August 17 At Corpus Christi-Epiphany Community Resource Center The Save Our Soul Coalition (S.O.S.) and other stakeholders will update the community on the work SOS and the City of New Orleans have been doing to create a Strategic Master Plan (SMP) for Louis Armstrong Park. […]
Hip Hop Artists To Perform at Concert To Benefit Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp
July 4, 2023Two Grammy award-winning New Orleans born Hip Hop icons Darrius “Deezle” Harrison and Adam “BlaqNmilD” Pigott will be joining NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison Jr., famed jazz trumpet/instrumentalist Dr. Eddie Henderson, and other musicians on Wednesday, July 5, for the annual fundraising concert to support the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp. A tribute to the […]
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