Posted on July 31, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, blurbs, city planning, government, katrina, new orleans, pictures | Leave a Comment
July 31, 2006 - My pictures of Sunday’s UNOP rodeo are up in this gallery. The ever-growing line to get in, pictures of each district’s booth, gratuitous still-life shots - they’re all in there.
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July 31, 2006 - Kuwait Gives $694 To Each Citizen to help them with “life’s expenses.” To quote D, “Ahhahahahaha! Yeah, living expenses!” As of this writing, 1 Kuwaiti dinar is roughly $3.5, i.e. $694 is equal to 200 dinars (damn, the dollar has slid since I was a kid living in Arabia). The average […]
Read More..>>Day 337: Dads Rule
Posted on July 31, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, city planning, crime, family & friends, new orleans | 2 Comments
New Orleans will take as much as you can give. So, when you read this post, don’t think there’s nothing going on. There is SO much going on (and I am still reeling from yesterday’s 4.5-hour Unifed New Orleans Plan meeting) that I need to take a mental break and smell the roses. My dad […]
Read More..>>Day 335: Of Cops And Robbers
Posted on July 29, 2006 - Filed Under family & friends, government, new orleans, pictures | Leave a Comment
Capt. Harry Mendoza axed from NOPD
Police Chief Warren Riley on Friday fired Capt. Harry Mendoza, the department’s high-profile traffic commander, ruling that the 30-year veteran regularly spent large chunks of his workday on the tennis court, in the gym and, at times, just relaxing at home.
[Mendoza’s attorney Eric] Hessler suggested that politics played a significant […]
Day 333: Wet
Posted on July 27, 2006 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, wisconsin | 7 Comments
Heavy rains in Madison, WI.
Due to this afternoon’s storms, there are numerous reports of stopped traffic, signals out, wires down and live wires on vehicles. Additionally, a semi-truck lost a load of corn, closing the Beltline between Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street.
Cars are reported covered in water up to their windshields in the […]
Day 331: Are You Ready For Some Football?
Posted on July 25, 2006 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, wisconsin | 9 Comments
I thought of posting this to New Orleans Metroblogs but scratched that idea out of respect for Saints fans and the fear of a beating from the same.
Tagliabue impressed by Superdome repairs
Before he left, Tagliabue asked Tom Keller, the project manager for Brazos Urethane, Inc. who oversaw the recently completed $32 million roof replacement, for […]
Day 331: City Rebuilding Essay Contest
Posted on July 25, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, city planning, food & drink, government, katrina, new orleans | 11 Comments
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Bring New Orleans Back
City Planning Commission
New Orleans Community Support Foundation
Unified New Orleans Plan
City Works
Concordia Architecture & Planning
New Orleans ACORN
Neighborhoods Planning Network
Various neighborhood associations and their recovery plans
If you leave me a medium-length and to-the-point essay expositing how all of these organizations are related to one another in the New Orleans rebuilding process, […]
Read More..>>Day 330: How “The City” Plans To Commemorate Katrina
Posted on July 24, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, katrina, new orleans | 11 Comments
Just because someone is in power doesn’t mean he/she represents all of us, or even most of us for that matter.
Jack and dangerblond (via email) talk about the city’s upcoming Katrina Anniversary and how tasteless it all looks. Between scattered church services and laying wreaths at the various levee breeches, there are plans for charity silent auctions, a […]
Day 330: Cool For People Who Need To Report From The Road
Posted on July 24, 2006 - Filed Under computing & internet, gizmos & hacks, new orleans, science & technology | Leave a Comment
T minus 35 to the Katrina / Government Bungle One Year Anniversary. It’s silly, but many New Orleanians (me included) wait with bated breath for that day, as if awaiting … something. Meanwhile, Beryl skimmed past North America and I watch radar images from the east-central Atlantic like a hawk.
Of course, we should be prepared for […]
Day 329: They Call New Orleans The Rising Tide
Posted on July 23, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, computing & internet, katrina, new orleans | 2 Comments
To commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, The Flood and aftermath that continues to plague The Greater New Orleans Area, local citizen journalists will host the first Rising Tide Convention on the weekend of August 25-27, 2006.
Our mission is as follows:
… a gathering for all who wish to learn more and do more to […]
