New Orleans In the global economy it would be a mistake to believe that there is an operating truce between companies and their unions. Unless there is constant push and pull, everything seems to fall to the lowest common denominator which usually means the least cost or the most that one can get away with …
Month: May 2006
‘Splainin’ Nagin?
New Orleans Ray Nagin was re-elected as Mayor of New Orleans by a solid 52-48 margin over Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. Many have asked how this was possible. Here are the facts and then we will look at the theories. * Almost 25% of the vote was through absentee and satellite voting — basically the diaspora. …
Mesa, Beacon High, and 700,000,000 in the Middle Class
New York Some follow-ups from earlier blogs and footnotes along the way…. * We lost the property tax election in Mesa, Arizona not surprisingly by a 60-40 margin in the final count. The news came to me this way: NAME: Todd Hopkinson EMAIL: patriot@patriotmagazine.com MSG: Hi Wade, I am the author and sole creator of YesForMesa.us. …