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7 The Seventh Year - 2011


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A new Year dawns in the Crescent City. A smoky marsh fire near Bayou Sauvage casts its hazy pall over the city but few are concerned. Air conditioners have been running full out all month and will not be shut off until Halloween.

  • Month 73 - September 2011 : Labor Day weekend saw Tropical Storm Lee meander up to the Louisiana coastline over Vermillion Bay south of Lafayette and sit wetly in our backyard for four days. This storm brewed up over night in the Gulf trapping thousands out on the rigs in bad but not terrible weather. Approaching to the west of the city the southerly winds pushed water into Mandeville providing a reminder that the city's new population center is unprotected from flooding. A major storm to the west of New Orleans could do Mandeville and Slidell great harm. :: Continue reading...
  • Month 74 - October 2011 : Hey you are getting ahead of yourself. :: Continue reading...
  • Month 75 - November 2011 : It's 11/11. :: Continue reading...
  • Month 76 - December 2011 : Fed intervention goes worldwide to address the European credit crisis fueled by sovereign debt. No government in the world seems able to exercise fiscal responsibility :: Continue reading...
  • Month 77 - January 2012 : Saints are in the playoffs and Brees has the record for most and best. :: Continue reading...
  • Month 78 - February 2012 :
    Carnival was a big success even though some inclement weather caused scheduling nightmares.
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  • Month 79 - March 2012 : Saints found guilty in BountyGate! :: Continue reading...
  • Month 80 - April 2012 :
    Danziger convictions
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  • Month 81 - May 2012 : not much going on as Summer approaches its warming up....and most things are slowing down however the murder rate is not "most things."

    City Council shutdown by walkout of Johnson and Hedge-Morrell over the interim appointment in District B. (more on this next month)

    The Saints have not yet signed Drew Brees to a long term deal.  The players continue their fight with Goodell over BountyGate. 

    The Hornets are another Benson Enterprise and won the first pick in the NBA draft lottery.
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  • Month 82 - June 2012 : It is officially hot but not yet stifling. It has rained hard a couple of times but still seems way behind schedule. The grass doesn't know whether to grow a foot or burn up. Of course as we are all hyper aware, hurricane season starts in June. The first one already raked the East Coast.

    Politics in the city took an odd turn as the mayor was called upon to name a replacement councilman in District B to fill the rest of Stacey Head's term. Head was elected to fill out Arnie Fielkow's At Large position and remains on the council. The racial divide in the council seemed to loom large over this appointment. Normally the council would approve the choice of the outgoing district member. Head recommended Errol George, and the council majority seemed to concur, but the two black members objected. Its not clear what their objection was, but in May before an official confirmation vote could be held, the two black members walked out. With the vacancy in District B this was enough to deny the council a quorum. In June the clock ran out on the appointment and opened the door to a mayoral appointment. Ignoring the council's recommendation, ostensibly for reasons of George's residency in District E, Landrieu appointed Dana Bajoie on June 5th. With her appointment the council make up is four white women, two black women and one black man. White women fill both At Large positions. For the record, George and Bajoie are both black politicians who lost their last bids for office.

    It looks like the politicians want to punt on the Crescent City Connection toll renewal. Tolls are scheduled to expire in December, but the State legislature passed a bill to put it to a vote in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines Parishes. Interest groups are already queuing up with slogans like "Keep the Lights On." Jindal needs to sign the bill to start the merriment. Tolls bring in $22 million per year. The CCC has had tolls for most of its existence with the exception of a brief period after Gov. McKeithen removed them. They were reinstated in 1989 when the second span opened. 

    City Business reported that each $1 collected as tolls is spent as follows:
    32% - ferry boats
    19% - bridge repairs and CCC police
    16% - toll collection
    15% - capital projects and debts beyond the bridge
    13% - bridge capital fund (pay it forward)
    5%  - landscaping

    In another weird moment, the Louisiana Republican Party held its State Convention to choose delegates to the National Convention in Tampa. Out numbered by Ron Paul delegates elected in April, the establishment Republicans tried to pull a fast one. The Ron Paul delegates rebelled, and in an act of defiance they turned their chairs 180 degrees and held an alternate convention at the other end of the room. Who knows which slate of candidates the National Convention will seat?
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  • Month 83 - July 2012 : stu :: Continue reading...
  • Month 84 - August 2012 : We learn about Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish. A giant sinkhole threatens a nearby methane storage facility.

    The Midwest drought continues to result in low river flow.

    And on August 26th its like Deja Vu all over again. AMC TV network runs a Groundhog Day marathon, running the same movie over and over. And in between Sonny and Cher renditions on the clock radio we learn that soon to be Hurricane Isaac has turned west from its Florida landfall and is headed straight across the Gulf toward New Orleans. Landfall is expected early Wednesday morning.

    The Governor and the Mayor both declare States of Emergency. Low lying parts of Jefferson and Plaquemines begin to evacuate. Hotels book up across the area. Lines form at the most popular gas stations. Convenience stores run out of batteries.

    As of Monday morning Isaac is on course to make landfall at 2am Wednesday morning as a Category 1 hurricane with winds around 90 mph. Most New Orleanians yawn and catch another cup of coffee before wondering if they will experience power outages. One model shows a more westerly course with landfall past Lake Charles.

    Wednesday will be August 29, 2012 and the events of that day will be recorded with next month's news because it is the 7th Anniversary of Katrina's landfall.
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