New Orleans This was an unusual event, and I’m not totally sure that I have figured it out yet, but One Economy Corporation came to New Orleans to do something they called a Town Hall about Poverty. They invited a slew of people from in and around New Orleans along with a panel of …
Month: June 2007
Fisher Island Tax Breaks
New Orleans On the plane the other day I read a research report that had become big news in Miami called “Fisher Island: Rich Play, Poor Pay.” The report detailed the way people living in perhaps the richest zip code in America on Fisher Island near Miami Beach have managed to “game” the …
Senator John Edwards
Washington Senator John Edwards told the ACORN Board members assembled in Washington for his interview that answering ACORN’s questions might have been the “easiest test he ever took,” and it seemed he was telling the truth. The answers were quick and to the point, and there was a chorus of “yeses” often expanding the answer …