New Orleans There are two more living wage issues worth noting this Election Day. One is the ACORN-led effort in the home country of Pine Bluff, Arkansas to set a higher floor – over $9.00 per hour – for municipal employees in that city. Every kind of effort has been made to fairly pay city …
Author: wade
Missouri Election Shenanigans
New Orleans Kevin Whelan, the crack communications director for ACORN and a faithful reader of this blog, whose job about this time of the year is definitely not a barrel of laughs, called me in the middle of the afternoon yesterday, and laughingly said, “You aren’t going to believe this!” Of course since it had to …
Voting Identification Mysteries
New Orleans Our children know a thing or two about voting. A rite of passage in their voter enfranchisement in New Orleans would be accompanying their parents to the polls, particularly their mother, who was infamous with the local poll watchers. It would all start smoothly enough. We would take our place in line. We would …