There was a lot going on at Grace Episcopal last night. A meeting for Planning District 5 was being held in the sanctuary. A Bulgarian…
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There was a lot going on at Grace Episcopal last night. A meeting for Planning District 5 was being held in the sanctuary. A Bulgarian…
I spent an hour or so today and another yesterday distributing 200 fliers around the immediate neighborhood on behalf of Mid-City Neighborhood Organization. Here’s the…
So William Jefferson won the Democratic Party primary Tuesday, beating out Helena Moreno. But we will have to go back to the polls to vote…
Got my sample ballot. Let me take a look at this thing. Fourteen items all told.
We worked a little magic in Mid-City today. We gathered on the banks of Bayou St. John and collectively welcomed a new person into our…
Last Friday I noticed a new sculpture in the quad. Then I saw another, not too far away. What’s going on here? Could it be…
Male Employee: I sure do like a short woman. Xy: Well, my husband is 6’4″. That cooled his jets for a bit. But then he…
The neighbor kids are always knocking on our door. The reasons seem to come and go in waves. Most recently my wrench has been enjoying…
I was recently contacted by the good folks at Open Sound New Orleans. This is a website where people can post audio clips to a…
Now that we’ve gone back to closed primaries in this state, I was under the impression that there would be nothing on the ballot for me tomorrow. I’m pretty sure that I cannot participate in the high-profile Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District. I believe the Democrats let independents vote in their primaries, but I’m not independent; I’m registered Green. I just assumed everything on the ballot was primary stuff, so I haven’t been paying much attention.
Frankly I was happy with that situation. Voting is the least effective means of civic participation. It’s a duty, and kind of a pain, so I was glad to be sitting on the sidelines for this one.
But it turns out there’s a bunch of stuff on the ballot that I can vote for. Or at least I think I can. The Secretary of State’s sample ballots unfortunately don’t account for party affiliation. I guess I won’t really know what I can vote for until I get in the booth.
There’s six judges and a magistrate on the ballot. There’s also the District Attorney and our district seat on the school board. I don’t understand why there is no primary for these races, but it looks like there isn’t. I am open to any and all voting advice.
There are also two propositions, a bond issue and a charter amendment. The amendment would fund the office of the Inspector General. I’m definitely voting for that.
What’s that floating in the water? Yes, it’s a portable toilet! This picture was taken on the entrance ramp to the basement of the Lindy…
As noted by the inimitable Oyster, our only daily paper is raising its rates. As of October 1st, a subscription to the Times-Picayune will cost…
Today as I took the girl to school, I spotted a pile of furniture on the curb, on Iberville just past Jeff Davis. Flooded furniture.…
It’s gone. So that only took three years. Check out the photoset.
I’ve often fantasized about organizing a cleanup of the Jeff Davis bike path. (For some reason I thought tribal drumming would provide a good accompaniment to the task.) It seems the Big Easy Roller Girls are actually doing it. Now I can fulfill two fantasies in one fell swoop.
I just learned that Coleen Salley, the “Grocery Cart Queen,” passed away yesterday. I never met her, but I did encounter her (and her krewe)…
A cold front came through yesterday, pushing rain before it. Now the weather here is distinctly cooler and drier. The oppressive heat and humidity of…
I’m quoted in an article in today’s Times-Picayune.
Police sirens drew me out of my house Saturday around midnight, and I was surprised to see a hundred young people in the street. I…
I was going to say “be there or be square,” but since this thing is organized by bloggers the opposite probably applies. (You know, because…