Los Angeles My day started early in New Orleans looking at houses in the 1200 block of Desire Street, a couple of blocks from St. Claude. Not much water, but there had been one roof after another blown to smithereens. Shortly afterwards three young fellows from Common Ground climbed up one of the roofs to try …
Category: Personal Writings
Princely
New Orleans I worked in New Orleans while hunting for candidates to run for Mayor of New Orleans on Friday. Running in the morning at dawn on a workday was still eerie. It was all country quiet surrounding an urban facade. I passed two trucks contracted to FEMA loaded with the dead tombstone refrigerators a block …
Pause for Prayers
Shreveport Here’s one for the record books. We were bargaining a Local 100 contract in Shreveport yesterday afternoon, so I drove up from Baton Rouge to the session. The lawyer for the company started the session with a prayer. This sentiment was much appreciated by everyone because it wished for harmony and success for both sides …