Houston It was clear that a shift was coming. Those on the inside were in motion. Those on the outside were standing still. Mr. “Big Inside,” Joe Canizaro, Bush pioneer, master developer, downtown big whoop on Poydras Avenue in New Orleans, suddenly became an easy going, roll the dice kinda guy. Let it go for …
Category: Community Organizing
Democracy – Why Bother?
New Orleans Politics in Louisiana and New Orleans in particular has never been a spectator sport. It has been a rough and tumble, no holds barred affair high on participation and requiring lots of players. Turns out one of the things going on in post-Katrina Louisiana is a wholesale effort to destroy democracy whenever …
Normalcy
New Orleans Flying from the snows of Chicago to the city again I always feel glad to come home. On I-610 before the Elysian Fields exit I try to convince myself that there are a couple of new street lights in the dark zone that were now glowing in the week since I left. It’s …