Baton Rouge In Baton Rouge there have been no vacancies since Katrina blew through. In New Orleans where there are few people and neighborhoods just opening up with people returning, one can feel the same squeeze developing. If you wanted to rebuild your house and had a FEMA trailer, you could presumably hook it on the …
Category: Community Organizing
ACORN Leadership Team
Indianapolis The national ACORN board met in Indianapolis for its fall meeting. Among the business was electing officers for the 2006-2007 terms to lead the organization. In a testament to the growth and success of the organization over recent years, ll of the existing team were re-elected for an additional term. The officers are: President — …
Go Way, Ray!
Indianapolis In Chicago a week ago speaking to the SEIU Public Sector Division Leadership Assembly, then on Saturday to the ACORN Field Operations Meeting in Nashville, and again at the Progressive Strategy Seminar in Boston, I have been clearer and clearer — Mayor Ray Nagin is destroying New Orleans as effectively as Katrina tried to do. …