New Orleans I was eating lunch late last week on Poydras Avenue catching up with old friends and comrades from decades of political wars in the City of New Orleans. These are the kinds of conversations where lineage and legacy are important. When someone says Landrieu, do they mean former Mayor Moon, Senator Mary, or …
Month: November 2010
Tea Party, Me Party, More Parties
New Orleans One of the post-lecture questions from a perceptive Lafayette College student that has stuck with me in the last couple of days, began with a phrase something like, “Since you seem to support the Tea Party, ….blah, blah, blah.” I answered with a couple of jokes, since the premise was …
Thanks to Martin Eakes and CRL for New Fed Housing Chief
New Orleans North Carolina may get a bad rap for a lot of things out there and may be seen politically as red through and through, but when it comes to progressive, consumer friendly banking practices; North Carolina has arguably been the showcase state for good rules and regulations over the last …