Thursday, February 08, 2007
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by C.B. FORGOTSTON - Forgotston.com (excerpt)
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New Orleans has now recorded at least its 22ND murder in the first 38 days. (See the most recent. Click link above for WWL story.)
New Orleans has now recorded at least its 22ND murder in the first 38 days. (See the most recent. Click link above for WWL story.)
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The 22 murders do not include "justifiable homicides" and other violent deaths. The most recent murder occurred on Tuesday night, but the report was not posted until this morning.
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I find it interesting that WWL-TV in New Orleans is the only media outlet that consistently reports murders in New Orleans. Covering up the violence is not going to help solve the problems. Perhaps its all about not scaring the tourists.
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The residents are on their own. More as it happens.
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by EDITOR - Advocate (excerpt)
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While term limits in the Legislature will ensure that there are many new faces in the Louisiana House next year, a number of the House members who can’t run for re-election are expected to seek Senate seats. How will they fare?
While term limits in the Legislature will ensure that there are many new faces in the Louisiana House next year, a number of the House members who can’t run for re-election are expected to seek Senate seats. How will they fare?
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One has attempted the feat, and Rep. William Daniel was defeated in his bid to replace state Sen. Jay Dardenne, R-Baton Rouge, who was elected secretary of state last year.
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Physician William Cassidy helped make the term-limited Daniel’s running for the Senate an issue. “I don’t think the public intended term limits to be a Lazy Susan of politicians seeking other offices,” Cassidy said in one forum before the December special election.
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by EDITOR - Opelousas Daily World (excerpt)
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As the candidates begin to make their announcements and line up support for the upcoming gubernatorial campaign and campaigns for the Louisiana legislature, we beg them to make their points about Katrina, then shut up and move on to other things.
As the candidates begin to make their announcements and line up support for the upcoming gubernatorial campaign and campaigns for the Louisiana legislature, we beg them to make their points about Katrina, then shut up and move on to other things.
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Frankly, we think we are far from alone in our weariness over fingerpointing, whining, complaining, posturing and constant harping over a storm that continues to focus all of our attention and most of our money on a New Orleans area that can't or won't get its act together.
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There are issues important to the future of all of the state that are simply being pushed aside because nobody can seem to see west of the Mississippi River or north of Baton Rouge. Hello, out there. We have needs, too.
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Labels: CRIME, KATRINA, LOUISIANA, POLITICS
