New Orleans New Orleans is a tourist town, so this is an ever-present concern for local residents. Tourism drives a lot of the economy, although over the years the biggest numbers have accumulated from conventions along with the hotels, restaurants, and venues that serve that sector. The economic drivers there are more geographically …
Category: Louisiana
Voting Machine Debacles Wrought by Deniers
Marble Falls Most of us learn early in our lives and work that it’s hard to prove a negative. Interestingly, this is a lesson many on the political right are being forced to quietly learn behind the scenes after having beaten the drums and searched in every dark corner for evidence of elves and …
Arkansas or Louisiana in the Race for Floridication
New Orleans The other day, sitting on a dock on an inlet in Stinson Beach that joins the Pacific Ocean, I was asked an interesting question by a friend and comrade who follows politics on hyper speed and at mine shaft depth. He asked me which state was worse now, Arkansas or Louisiana? By …