New Orleans Wal-Mart continues to prove over and over again that it is the same ruthless, aggressive, take-no-prisoners company it has always been, it just puts a little more money out in the community than it once did and it pays lip service to some environmental issues when it suits the companies purpose to figure …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Neighbors in the News
New Orleans I give the New York Times begrudging credit for their coverage of New Orleans both during and after Katrina. They have been committed to the story and stayed on it with a couple of reporters to this day. Some of their coverage drives me crazy and the too frequent, top-down, “get ‘r done!” …
Sitefighting near the Bay
Vallejo We drove up from San Francisco to the Teamsters Hall in Vallejo. It felt like “union row” as we passed the Musicians Hall, walked into the Teamsters, and looked at the UFCW Hall across the street. This city may be a “bedroom” community now, but we were walking in the heart of what used …