Less spin; more facts — PLEASE Friday, Nov 25 2005 

Spin Doctor

Here’s what Mayor Nagin said:

[E]lectricity has returned to almost 75 per cent of the city [of New Orleans].” The Jamaica Observer, November 20, 2005.

Here’s reality:

Managers of the city’s power monopoly, Entergy New Orleans, say it could take a year or more to restore their network of transmission lines, substations and feeder wires to the level of reliability that existed before the storm.

Of the 23 electricity substations in the city, six remain down and the other 17 are operating at partial capacity, [Rod West, Entergy’s regional manager for electric distribution] said.

Times Picayune, November 25, 2005

For a realistic picture about utilities in New Orleans go here.

Perhaps the reason for the mayor’s lack of knowledge about what is going on in his city is due to his chronic absence from our city.

What the residents of New Orleans need is less spin and more facts.

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 9:02 am

 

Let them eat cake! Thursday, Nov 24 2005 

Marie

Here is an excerpt from a story in today’s Times Picayune:

[Mayor Ray] Nagin is on vacation and could not be reached for comment. (Note: Apparently, the TP didn’t know that the mayor has been vacationing in Jamaica.)

Compare this to what volunteers are doing today in New Orleans. See story here.

The fact that the Nagin is vacationing during a period while New Orleans remains in shambles with zero leadership, is the equivalent of the statement attributed to Marie Antoinette while the French peasants were starving: “Let them eat cake.”

Happy Thanksgiving to all you “peasants.”

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 7:54 am

 

Mike Foster and the Orleans Levee Board Wednesday, Nov 23 2005 

On Tuesday, former LA Governor Mike Foster called into Moon Griffon’s statewide radio talk show.

Foster called in to defend his actions/inactions with respect to the Orleans Levee Board, but gets trapped in his own lies and winds up indicting himself.

Louisiana Weekly correspondent and talk show host, Christopher Tidmore was co-hosting with Moon when Foster unexpectedly called in. Wrong place, wrong time for Foster.

Tidmore nails Foster like I have never seen any politician in LA nailed by anyone in the media. This is one for the LA Political Hall of Shame.

To hear the audio of the call go here.

Kudos to Tidmore!

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 8:42 am

 

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