New Orleans Councilman James Carter in my own home district was having a public hearing on a big development proposed in the next block from where I live. Someone had bought the old Frey’s hotdog plant and had in mind to build more than 100 units of wildly expensive condos on the space ranging in …
Category: Personal Writings
White Dog Cafe
New Orleans Before leaving Philadelphia I had a meeting with the executive director of a training program at the University of Pennsylvania, and she had scheduled the session for lunch at the White Dog Cafe. I had often heard of this outfit as we tried to organize small business people to protect community enterprises, but …
Edwards at $9.50 per Hour
Philadelphia Senator John Edwards had the last shot at the 1000 ACORN members that had been driving all morning in many cases, fed a box lunch, and then put through the paces on one meeting after another for more than 4 1/2 hours. He was a friend, and he knew it. He had been in …