New Orleans The uptown “go-go’s” in New Orleans have caught themselves again trying to pull a fast one. After diluting a proposition around creating a city master plan sufficiently to get an approval vote last election, this clique is now unhappy when State Senator Murray (a wannabe mayoral candidate) [...]
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New Orleans The India FDI Watch Campaign has followed the recent election results closely to see what the impact the Congress victory would have on our 4-year old effort to force any opening of the country to big-box retail, like Wal-Mart to be accountable and regulated. The action of a large parliamentary standing committee on [...] New Orleans Sometimes, but not all that often, I get to say, “Hey! You heard it first here!” This is one of those days. Today’s NYT, President Obama is reportedly all up in everyone’s face in the White House about whether or not they have read the New Yorker [...] New Orleans The upcoming Obama Immigration Reform Summit has a weird twist to it that distinguishes it from earlier summits on healthcare reform and the stimulus package. None of the advocate organizations, stakeholders, or anyone else other than politicians is being invited into the room. Let’s tell it like [...] New Orleans Reading an article in the Phoenix New Times by Stephen Lemons published late last week, makes it hard to believe that immigration reform is really on the agenda this decade, much less this year. Maybe White House staffer and former Latino GOTV director for the Obama campaign [...] New Orleans Waiting for my US Air flight from DC/National Airport (I won’t call it Ronald Reagan!), I saw Reverend Walter “Slim” Coleman from Chicago getting his shoes shined across from my gate. I walked over and sat in the next chair and visited with him a minute. I asked [...] Washington Folks at the immigration summit descended on the Capitol to push for reform. There was applause when someone announced that 80,000 emails were sent. The New York Times editorial page gave the activists and their energy props, but also pointed clearly at how few clothes our emperor was wearing, [...] Washington The organizers of the Summit to launch Reform Immigration FOR America had expected about 350 folks to attend from reform groups throughout the country. At the last minute they were overwhelmed with twice as many registrants. We were sleeping four to a room piled up like cordwood. Excitement was [...] |
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