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Media can help stop the murder madness in New Orleans
On Saturday night there was another murder in New Orleans. […]
Articles by C.B. Forgotston
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The Watch Dog
The crime problem in New Orleans can be rationalized and denied by the public officials in New Orleans, but they are fooling no one, including the people who live in the city.
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SOLVE your own problems and leave GOV’T out of it
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead […]
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Bigger share of oil and gas tax revenues up for grabs – but will LA get them?
Put aside the folly of calling an “Extraordinary Session” of the lege in the midst of the Christmas Holidays. Put aside the folly of calling the session to extend over two weekends during which the lege is loathed to work. […]
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Another BIG BIZ bites the dust
Nobody seems to care about the fact that one of the two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in LA is leaving the state. […]
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Every state in the U.S. is corrupt, it’s just that in LA, we don’t worry about it
LSU’s student newspaper has published a well-done article about Louisiana’s well-deserved reputation for corruption. Despite what many think, I do not believe LA is the most corrupt state in the U.S. […]
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Gov. Blanco’s ‘Road Home’ is going to be a LONG one
After over two months, only 18 checks have been written for the Gov. Blanco’s Road Home Program. […]
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Gov. Blanco makes the grade – unfortunately, it’s an flat “F”
The other day when I got a note from fellow “Internet Kook” Emily Metzgar reporting that Gov. Kathleen Blanco had received an “F” from the Cato Institute for “Fiscal Policy,” I wanted to say, “DUH.”
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Note to politicians and bureaucrats: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’
Why is it that only politicians and government bureaucrats have the solutions to big problems in Louisiana? […]