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According to a report on Monday on WVUE-TV Channel 8 in New Orleans:

[NOPD]Deputy Police Chief Marlon Defillo says the donation [by State Sen. Ann Duplessis and the District 2 Community Enhancement Corporation] leaves only 109 officers working the streets without the potentially life saving vests. He expects the department to have enough funds next month to purchase vests for them.

The City Council just appropriated over a million dollars to build a monument to those who died as a result of the flooding caused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Yet, over two years following the disasters, there are still 109 NOPD officers without bullet-proof vests?

There is little wonder that the NOPD is having a problem keeping and recruiting officers. The city places a higher priority on the dead than the living.

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 11:17 am

According to the story from the Associated Press, while overall job growth in LA has slowed, government job growth (particularly state government) continues to lead all other job producing segments of the economy.

The largest area of growth occurred in government, which had 9,300 more jobs in August than a year ago, including a jump of 9,100 in state government.

I’m not an economist, but when government is the largest producer of jobs in Louisiana, it is at least anecdotal evidence of a sick economy. When government job growth leads in a state where the overall population has declined and where public elementary and secondary and higher education enrollment is in decline, it is evidence of a VERY sick economy.

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 8:02 am

In most cities violent crime gets the media attention. However, in New Orleans, violent crime and especially murders have become the norm. The city is averaging more than a murder every other day and is on pace to maintain its undesirable title of “Murder Capital of America.”

In truly what would only be considered as a “man-bites-dog” story today’s headline in the Daily Monopoly reads: Violence in N.O. takes a breather

The subtitle is: No one is killed in weekend incidents

The story goes on to say:

One person was shot and a handful of others stabbed — none fatally — in unrelated weekend incidents. For New Orleans police, the three-day period was one of the least violent weekends so far this year.

“We are pleased that this was a quiet and safe weekend for the city,” said police spokesman Sgt. Joe Narcisse. “The NOPD will continue its efforts to ensure we make the city safe.”

A shooting and a “handful” of stabbings is now what passes for “good news” in New Orleans. We are supposed to be comforted by the fact that due to poor aim and a poor choice of weapons nobody died. That’s a shame.

Hopefully, one day we can look forward to some really good news that all violent crime is finally under control and not simply be happy with the fact that one weekend in New Orleans nobody was murdered.

C.B.

Uncategorized CB 8:16 am