Ray Nagin

Did St. Bernard Parish pay for others' trash?

10:44 PM CST on Monday, November 3, 2008 Lee Zurik / Eyewitness News As Carnival 2008 came to a close about nine months ago, crews hit the streets of New Orleans, to clean up piles of trash that city leaders said rivaled...

N.O. to cut ribbon on $3.9M street project

NEW ORLEANS - City officials today will hold a ribbon-cutting to mark the completion of a roughly $3.9 million reconstruction of Papania Street in eastern New Orleans. Mayor C. Ray Nagin and the city's Department of Public...

Double Standard for US, New Orleans Separation of Church and State Issue

In this presidential race, there is a stark contrast between Barack Obama and John McCain on the issue of abortion. McCain is strongly pro-life and Obama has staunch pro-choice views. In fact, Obama was been a favorite of...

GOP NEEDS A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN PALIN FOR FUTURE SUCCESS (Cynthia Tucker)

Sarah Palin in 2012? Surely, the Republican Party can do better than Palin, who, despite good political instincts and genuine charisma, disdains intellect, disregards ethical standards, ignores policy details and lies...

New Orleans mayor says he will vote for Jefferson

NEW ORLEANS — He’s not calling it an endorsement, but New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he plans to vote for indicted U.S. Congressman William Jefferson. Nagin told a television station Thursday that it comes down to experience....

N.O. in bind over bonds for pensions

NEW ORLEANS — The city’s decision eight years ago to sell $171 million in bonds to help strengthen an underfunded firefighter pension plan could end up costing residents up to $400 million. The deal, made under former Mayor...

New Orleanian fights to take home off demolition list

by Ariella Cohen Staff Writer NEW ORLEANS - Betty Wilson woke up on a recent Monday to the sound of a pickup truck. The city put Wilson’s house at 2702 S. Dorgenois St. on a list of properties to be immediately torn down...

New Orleans Crime Cameras Net Few Convictions

Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 Updated: October 31st, 2008 11:06 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS -- During September, within one mile of Fox's home near two crime cameras on Josephine Street, there were 10 assaults. Shelling out more than...

The making of heroes at the time of Katrina

'Water': Folks lifted others higher**** Trouble the Water , a documentary about Hurricane Katrina fashioned partly from footage shot inside New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward before, during and after the storm, is enraging and...

Business owners wait for N.O. economic development grants

by Jaime Guillet Staff Writer Michael Dummett just wants to get his vegetarian soul food and po-boy eatery concept up and running. He applied for $100,000 from the city’s 2007 Economic Development Fund grant, which draws its...