Just another day in New Orleans

[buzd]

I read it for as long as I could tolerate reddit's awful interface.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So not only does this idiot want a free place to stay, she wants to go to games for free as well...

New Orleans mayor says it’s ‘shameful’ city does not have a suite in Superdome

A letter sent by Mayor LaToya Cantrell to New Orleans City Council on Monday, explaining her reasoning for vetoing an ordinance passed earlier this month to remove the Upper Pontalba apartment from her use, said it is “shameful” the city does not have access to a suite in the Superdome and...

www.fox8live.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

So not only does this idiot want a free place to stay, she wants to go to games for free as well...

New Orleans mayor says it’s ‘shameful’ city does not have a suite in Superdome

A letter sent by Mayor LaToya Cantrell to New Orleans City Council on Monday, explaining her reasoning for vetoing an ordinance passed earlier this month to remove the Upper Pontalba apartment from her use, said it is “shameful” the city does not have access to a suite in the Superdome and...

www.fox8live.com

I also didn’t like it when Edwin Edwards was this brazen
But many found it cute

 

[Zack Lee]

I also didn’t like it when Edwin Edwards was this brazen
But many found it cute

Never cute. Astonishing and ,admittedly sometimes funny just because of his style. She is going to need a lot more practice if she is going to do it with any style.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Never cute. Astonishing and ,admittedly sometimes funny just because of his style. She is going to need a lot more practice if she is going to do it with any style.

Good luck with that happening. Hell, even Edwards' style eventually caught up to him.

 

[Brennan77]

I also didn’t like it when Edwin Edwards was this brazen
But many found it cute

Neither justifies the other. It aint cute...at all.

I am sick and tired of feeling used and abused as a peaceful tax paying citizen who just wants to go to work, raise my family and love my neighbor. I hate having to weigh the balance of raising my children away from their immediate family versus eating the abuse here in town every...freakin...year. It's wrong. This is not how a city of this 'status' should be.

Now, I realize that we voted this immoral and corrupt ignoramus into office. That's a cultural problem. But at what point do the sane people cut bait and move to no where, America to have a fighting chance of something resembling a fair shake? Mardi Gras and the Saints aren't enough to make up for the deficiencies anymore.

 

[Zack Lee]

Good luck with that happening. Hell, even Edwards' style eventually caught up to him.

Yep. Should have a long time before. And yet in the very first election I was old enough to vote for, I had to vote him in one last time out of simple self defense. I was still naive and thought that choice would be the most godawful one I would ever have before me on a ballot.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Neither justifies the other. It aint cute...at all.

I am sick and tired of feeling used and abused as a peaceful tax paying citizen who just wants to go to work, raise my family and love my neighbor. I hate having to weigh the balance of raising my children away from their immediate family versus eating the abuse here in town every...freakin...year. It's wrong. This is not how a city of this 'status' should be.

Now, I realize that we voted this immoral and corrupt ignoramus into office. That's a cultural problem. But at what point do the sane people cut bait and move to no where, America to have a fighting chance of something resembling a fair shake? Mardi Gras and the Saints aren't enough to make up for the deficiencies anymore.

…cultural problem…

Yes there are some very real issues
Yes some of those lie directly with the mayor
We could also have the best mayor ever and still suffer greatly bc our state is 50th out of 50 in most metrics
Your sentiments also echo the last 3-4 white flights we’ve had
Most of those were also economic downturns
But it’s clear in teaching the kids of parents or grandparents who were part of the previous migrations, their explanations are usually more about ‘culture’
Economics is something that can be addressed- ‘culture’ is a bogeyman
Let’s address the economics and leave the ‘culture’ for the history books (as long as we’re still allowed to teach/learn history)

 

[livefromDC]

Neither justifies the other. It aint cute...at all.

I am sick and tired of feeling used and abused as a peaceful tax paying citizen who just wants to go to work, raise my family and love my neighbor. I hate having to weigh the balance of raising my children away from their immediate family versus eating the abuse here in town every...freakin...year. It's wrong. This is not how a city of this 'status' should be.

Now, I realize that we voted this immoral and corrupt ignoramus into office. That's a cultural problem. But at what point do the sane people cut bait and move to no where, America to have a fighting chance of something resembling a fair shake? Mardi Gras and the Saints aren't enough to make up for the deficiencies anymore.

Sorry to break it to you, but no where America has the same corruption just WITHOUT Mardi Gras and the Saints. At least there you have a target for your disdain. Everywhere else they go along like they ENJOY being used by politicians.

 

[Krodwhodat]

Anyone remember in the early 80s when Edwards and Treen ran against each other and some radio station ran it like Star Wars battles and portrayed Treen as Darth Treen. They would do skits like every morning and I found it hilarious even as a 10/11 year old!

 

[Brennan77]

Sorry to break it to you, but no where America has the same corruption just WITHOUT Mardi Gras and the Saints. At least their you have a target for your disdain. Everywhere else they go along like they ENJOY being used by politicians.

Does their trash get picked up every week? Does their water authority routinely and deliberately produce fraudulently escalated bills? Can you call the cops after a traffic accident and enjoy reasonable expectations that they will show up?

No, other areas are not the same. We are a special kind of dysfunction at the moment.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Does their trash get picked up every week? Does their water authority routinely and deliberately produce fraudulently escalated bills? Can you call the cops after a traffic accident and enjoy reasonable expectations that they will show up?

No, other areas are not the same. We are a special kind of dysfunction at the moment.

I have lived in many places and do not remember one place even marginally ok with municipal services

But the Latoya stuff goes well beyond that and even passed the Hillary/‘lock her up’ nonsense (bc it’s mixed with ‘culture’)
YES - Latoya is incompetent and yet y’all ascribe some incredible powers to her. Like she walked into an idyll and in a matter of years, single-handedly destroyed some mix of Nordic and Japanese efficiency

and the problem with that is that it ignores the problem
Just like ‘lock her up’ you get some puppeteers distracting the public with RECALL while they keep feeding at the trough and poisoning the well

I’m about 99+% certain that Jeff Landry will be next governor- will be 10x worse for the city (and state) than Latoya but will receive almost zero effective criticism for it

 

[bclemms]

Does their trash get picked up every week? Does their water authority routinely and deliberately produce fraudulently escalated bills? Can you call the cops after a traffic accident and enjoy reasonable expectations that they will show up?

No, other areas are not the same. We are a special kind of dysfunction at the moment.

Actually, it is like that in most cities in LA, MS, AL, TN, MO and parts of FL.

I’ve spent months in CA and NV the past year and the differences in local governance and law enforcement are as big as when I travel international.

 

[Krodwhodat]

Actually, it is like that in most cities in LA, MS, AL, TN, MO and parts of FL.

I’ve spent months in CA and NV the past year and the differences in local governance and law enforcement are as big as when I travel international.

Do you see CA and NV better or worse because I’m in both places once a month, I was in Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, LA and San Diego last week and the only one that is somewhat functional is San Diego.

Las Vegas is an absolute mess. It’s get worse by the day.

Side note - I have offices in each of the places I’ve named so we deal with local and state government all the time and it’s brutal. As bad or worse when I did the NOLA VA hospital.