New Orleans Harold Ickes, Jr. may seem like the last of a breed, but he has been one of the great political organizers of this generation, usually way, way behind the scenes where what matters is the ability to get things done, rather than how much sugar he can put in everyone’s coffee. From time …
Author: wade
State Long Term Care Insurance Scam
New Orleans A piece in the Wall Street Journal by Jennifer Levitz and Kelly Greene confirmed an unsettling trend we have seen coming into the ACORN Centers in some of our offices. The ACORN Centers provide tax and benefit services for low- and moderate-income families in our cities. In several situations tax counselors have …
Halla Bol Reports from Kerala and Bangalore
New Orleans Reports continue to pour in about the power of the Halla Bol, the loud noise, shout-out across the Indian sub-continent. In Kerala in southern India 150,000 people marched and shout down retail trade in protest. S. Babu of India FDI Watch in Bangalore also filed a report of significant activity there. First, …