Author (#1469)July 2007 Archives

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that residents are unaware of the nearest evacuation shelter should another hurricane threaten New Orleans. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Survey: Two-thirds of New Orleanians don't know evacuation sites

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(Courtesy USA Today): Residents in upper-class neighborhoods have had a rough time selling and buying in town, further hampering an increase in population among white-collar workers as well. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Real estate market suffering in New Orleans

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Courtesy of Tram Nguyen, as part of the New American Media. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Report: One family's post-Katrina public housing odyssey

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This column appearing in Lafayette's "Daily Advertiser" says that New Orleans' welfare state, the middle-class flight from town, and a general tolerance for mediocrity has ultimately doomed the city, since there's nothing the feds can do to reverse decades of problems. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Commentary: No government program can help N.O.

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Big Sky Motion Pictures, a smaller studio in Hollywood, will relocate to New Orleans beginning next month, according to the Mississippi Sun Herald. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Hollywood studio coming to Crescent City

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Kathy Chu of USA Today has a two-part story about Hispanic migrant workers who've come to New Orleans since Katrina. One story deals with the growth of mobile 'taquerias' in the city, and the tensions surrounding them. Read more.

The second story deals with the sudden lack of jobs available to workers who came here to help rebuild. >> Continue reading: USA Today: Economic dreams fading for Hispanics

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John Frenaye, travel columnist for Tripso.com, writes about great deals for tourists in the Crescent City, and encourages people to come back to the city to spend their dollars. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Travel columnist high on New Orleans

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Courtesy of the Washington Post:

"The study commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers details how Corps officials facing budget pressures cut millions from the construction of key flood walls by shrinking their support pilings. Under pressure from rising waters during Katrina, those walls toppled, causing much of the city flooding." >> Continue reading: Report shows Corps cut funds from construction of flood walls

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Investors and economics experts say New Orleans' negative image (corruption, poor schools, high crime rate) are scarring businesses away and keeping new ones from popping up. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Time: Crescent City sees white-collar exodus

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Slate, an online magazine, says big law firms deserve some credit for sending volunteers to help with the recovery process, but opines that the firms have still not done nearly enough to restore and replinish the city's justice system. Read More.

>> Continue reading: Slate: Law firms have failed New Orleans

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The Recovery School District announced Thursday its plans to launch a national radio ad campaign in Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and Houston to lure teachers to New Orleans. Read more.

>> Continue reading: National radio campaign to focus on recruiting teachers

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Robert M. Thorson, writing an Op/Ed piece in the Hartford Courant, said politicians in the Presidential campaign have turned the Katrina aftermath into a political football and ignored the larger problem: that building property below sea level is a foolhardy endeavor. Read more.

>> Continue reading: Opinion: N.O. a lost cause, don't spend money there

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From the Canadian Press:

"Connick Jr. is concerned that with so many musicians fleeing the city in the aftermath of Katrina, that distinctive New Orleans sound would be lost." Read more.

>> Continue reading: Harry Connick Jr. worried about the future of jazz in N.O.

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