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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gambit TV: Clancy DuBos on Ray Nagin's indictment
Posted by Gambit TV on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM
"I personally witnessed him at arm’s length, literally two or three weeks away up in Baton Rouge, two weeks after the storm. He just collapsed onto the ground and leaned up against the wall and said, ‘I did not sign up for this shit.’ And he said it again. ‘I did not sign up for this stuff.’ And I’m thinking, wait a minute, you’re the mayor. You absolutely signed up for whatever comes. But that was his attitude. It was all about him."
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Independent Monthly in Lafayette: Edwin and Trina Edwards expecting a child
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:50 PM
The couple announced months ago that they would attempt to conceive a child using the 85-year-old former governor’s frozen sperm. It has apparently worked.
The mother is 34. The father is 85.
What could go wrong?
P.S. Hmmm... here's Trina Edwards on Twitter yesterday...
Friday, January 4, 2013
Jindal orders task force to examine school safety
Posted by Alex Woodward on Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:00 PM
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Bobby Jindal has created a task force to review school safety procedures, from prekindergarten through university level campuses. The multi-agency group includes the departments of safety and corrections, education, health and hospitals, children and family services, and boards from state universities, to be co-chaired by State Police Superintendent Col. Michael Edmonson, and James LeBlanc, Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Jindal's executive order says "This study group shall collaboratively review and assess the State’s current programs and plans in order to identify any necessary improvements or changes in light of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut."
The order states: "When such a tragedy occurs it is imperative that those involved with school and campus safety for the more than 1,700 public and private schools, colleges and universities work collaboratively to re-examine the plans and measures in place to identify any areas needing improvement, incorporate new strategies and work together to exercise existing response plans."
The group's three stated goals will "identify and implement improvements" in respective departments before any necessary bills can be filed in Legislature this session.
Monday, December 10, 2012
New survey suggests Baton Rouge one of nation's worst cities for LGBT protection
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Members of the Baton Rouge LGBT community are raising questions about the “2012 Municipal Equality Index,” a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
The HRC, the country’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, gathered data on more than 100 U.S. metro areas on their laws and policies regarding gays and lesbians, and presented each city with a score from 0 to 100. Only two cities in Louisiana were evaluated, and Baton Rouge scored 2 out of 100 — one of the worst scores in the nation. (In contrast, New Orleans received a 79, while Jackson, Miss. got an 8 — six points higher than Baton Rouge.)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
John LaBruzzo running for legislative seat again?
Posted by Clancy DuBos on Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Now there’s talk that LaBruzzo could be running again for a legislative seat — this time from Baton Rouge — and soon.
LaBruzzo reportedly moved to Baton Rouge earlier this year — coincidentally, into the House district of Rep. Clif Richardson, R-Central, who announced his resignation last week, effective Jan. 2. Richardson has been battling cancer for some time.
Under the cut: More details, and what LaBruzzo says ...
Friday, November 16, 2012
Closing Hainkel Home?
Posted by Jeremy Alford on Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- CHERYL GERBER
- Hainkel Home, in Uptown New Orleans, was opened to the public in 1895 as a home for "incurables." Today it's a refuge for Medicaid and Veterans Administration patients, but the state Department of Health & Hospitals has tried to revoke its nursing home license.
Over time, it offered refuge to not only abandoned babies but also to individuals afflicted with terminal illnesses. That it was originally named the New Orleans Home for the Incurables was no accident, even if the sound of it today causes health professionals to cringe.
The home initially had an all-female board — 29 years before women secured the right to vote — and their leadership defined the New Orleans Home for the Incurables as a private, nonprofit, nondenominational facility of last resort. It remained that until 1978, when the state of Louisiana bought the home.
The state quickly dropped the “incurables” label and renamed it the New Orleans Home and Rehabilitation Center. The institution’s honeymoon with the state didn’t last long. Practically every governor since has tried to sell off or transfer the home. The task of pushing back fell upon former Sen. John Hainkel, in whose district the home sits. Thanks to Hainkel’s longevity in the Legislature, he kept the center open during his lifetime and protected it from deep budget cuts.
When Hainkel died in 2005, state lawmakers renamed the facility the John J. Hainkel Jr. Home and Rehab Center, known more commonly around the city as Hainkel Home. At the same time, Bobby Jindal, then a congressman from Jefferson Parish, also convinced Congress to rename the Hammond post office in Hainkel's honor.
Today, the Hainkel Home is one of the few remaining options for Medicaid and Veterans Administration patients in the New Orleans area — but it has no champion with Hainkel’s legendary clout. Jindal, now in his second term as Louisiana’s governor, wants to shutter the facility.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Marijuana reform rallies kick off tomorrow
Posted by Alex Woodward on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Legalize Louisiana, a campaign to reform marijuana laws in the state, organizes another round of statewide rallies Thursday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m.
The campaign held several rallies earlier this year from New Orleans to Shreveport. It aims for "an active movement creating health and justice in Louisiana" and advocates the industrial hemp business, decriminalization for personal use, and taxing and regulating commercial use in the state. In May, the group's Facebook page had nearly 6,000 likes. Today, it has more than 6,600.
Marijuana use isn't exactly legal in Louisiana, though there is an obscure law, enacted in 1978, allowing patients with a prescription to get it filled through a state source — though there's no way of obtaining it legally. The state's medicine cabinet is empty.
In New Orleans, a simple possession charge for marijuana was registered as a municipal offense in 2011. The penalties remain the same — it hasn't been "decriminalized" — but it moves the charges out of the criminal court system. Penalties for simple possession could include a $500 fine and up to six months in jail.
Find a list of tomorrow's rally and march locations below the jump.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Henry Rollins brings "Capitalized" to Baton Rouge tonight
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- CEEDUB13
DIG Baton Rouge got an interesting interview with Rollins about why he's touring right now:
When someone says, “Oh, this safety net is making America into a nanny state” — then again, if you think you’re such a rugged individualist, then you won’t be using my road, a public road. You better know how to get to work. That’s a taxpayer road. I use the same street you do to get to the venue. That’s a community. I’m going to stop at the red light. I think we all agree on red means stop, green means go, orange means accelerate dangerously. If we all agree on that, that makes us a community. I don’t like the idea of the United States being 50 angry little countries. The Civil War was fought to really bring us together. It took a lot of dead bodies to do and we’re together now.
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Advocate kicks off New Orleans edition with reception at Rock 'n' Bowl
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Advocate New Orleans bureau staffers met the press this morning at Rock 'n' Bowl. From left: publisher David Manship; reporters Kari Dequine Harden and Danny Monteverde; bureau chief Sara Pagones; sportswriter Ted Lewis; sales director Sara Barnard; reporter Allen Powell; and photographer John McCusker.
Gregory Rusovich, chair-elect of Greater New Orleans Inc., and Suzanne Mestayer, chair of the Business Council of New Orleans, were among the community leaders on hand to welcome the Baton Rouge paper into the market. "Economically, our region has the hot hand," Rusovich told the crowd, adding, "We deserve a daily paper, and thanks to The Advocate and the Manship family, we will have that daily newspaper."
Advocate publisher David Manship was there to introduce the staff of the New Orleans bureau, all of whom were former Times-Picayune staffers: bureau chief Sara Pagones; reporters Kari Dequine Harden, Danny Monteverde and Allen Powell; photographer John McCusker; sportswriter Ted Lewis; and Sara Barnard, head of sales for the New Orleans bureau. Carl Redman, executive editor for the Baton Rouge paper, was also on hand. In the back of the room were former T-P columnist Angus Lind and former City Hall reporter Frank Donze, both of whom had stopped by to check out the scene.
"It's exciting and nervewracking all at the same time," Monteverde said. "I think we'll do well, though it may take us a while to get our land legs."
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