New Orleans I have shared the saga of our neighborhood library and its struggling efforts to comeback with help from many friends. Faithful readers will remember we (me and my son) tried to help out by going over on odd weekends and trying to mow the grass, but this plan, which started out so well, …
Category: Rebuild New Orleans
Kobe Reports
New Orleans Living through the Katrina disaster, which some experts classify as the worst disaster to befall a large American city in the country’s history, makes one more attuned to disasters everywhere. Frequently over the last 15 months, we would hear that a dozen years ago Kobe, Japan had suffered a devastating earthquake and subsequent …
All Show, No Substance
New Orleans The planning process as a charade continues to be played out in the wake of the drama of New Orleans. Yesterday, a reported $2.4 Million contract with AmericaSpeaks, veterans of a similar show-and-tells in the wake of 9/11 in New York, yield a reported crowd of perhaps 2400 stretched from the Convention Center in …