February 4, 2009 Chicago This is really, really depressing! There was an article forwarded me today from the Las Vegas Sun that details litigation initiated by Bruce Raynor, the President of UNITE-HERE, against John Wilhelm, the President of the Hospitality division of UNITE-HERE or the old HERE in other words, as well as naming …
Category: Ideas and Issues
New Orleans Garbage Rip-off
February 3, 2009 New Orleans A raging front page story in the local papers as well as even the New York Times has been focusing on a showdown between May Ray Nagin and the City Council over the price and provision of sanitation services, particularly what they are all calling “Disney-type” services in …
Punishing the Poor
February 2, 2009 New Orleans The often coercive and restrictive control that states are now exercising over the TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) monies that replaced the old welfare system during the Clinton Administration finally got some much deserved criticism, through it was buried, in Jason DeParle’s story on the front page of …