Slidell City Council considering special counsel for Camellia Square economic development district
Home December 29, 2016 admin Uncategorized Slidell City Council The Slidell City Council at its meeting Tuesday evening is going to consider appointing attorneys David Wolf and Ray Cornelius of the Adams & Reese law firm as special counsel for the recently-created Camellia Square Economic Development District. If the appointment is approved, Wolf and Cornelius will primarily […]
River Birch and Morrell ‘s consort to stop recycling in New Orleans
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized River Birch, Cynthia Hedge-Morrell and J.P. Morrell consort to stop recycling in New Orleans According to the Times-Picayune: With the demolition business still in overdrive a couple of years after Hurricane Katrina, New Jersey businessman David Stoller hatched a plan to start recycling construction materials from torn-down houses at a facility on […]
LaToya Cantrell City Council race after her husband’s marijuana mishap
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized In an effort to do damage control after her husband was cited Monday on marijuana possession charges, New Orleans City Council candidate LaToya Cantrellissued a contrite statement saying she was “angry, embarrassed, and disappointed” with her spouse’s “lack of judgment.” Jason Cantrell, an assistant city attorney, was issued a summons under a city […]
N.O. Wins Court Battle With Owner of Lake Terrace Shopping Center Judge affirms city’s code enforcement action
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized Civil District Court Judge Lloyd J. Medley, Jr. has upheld the City of New Orleans’ code enforcement action against the Lake Terrace Shopping Center located at 1532 Robert E. Lee Boulevard in Gentilly. The blighted shopping center has sat vacant since Hurricane Katrina. “I am pleased with Judge Medley’s ruling,” […]
Bullet Strikes St. Charles Streetcar Passenger
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized Riding the Street Car on St. Charles Avenue can be very dangerous in New Orleans. The times-picayune reports: A stray bullet struck a woman as she was stepping off a St. Charles streetcar over the weekend, New Orleans police said. The 25-year-old was hit in the hip. The shooting […]
New Orleans French Quater Crime
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized To hear Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s chief strategist tell it, the gossamer patchwork of crime-fighting methods in the French Quarter is hanging by a thread. That thread is the hope that voters in New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood willingly add a quarter-cent tax to every purchase at a shop or restaurant for […]