The Disappearance of Service Industry Safety Net Jobs

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09022020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Perhaps the most dependable host on WAMF, our low power noncommercial radio station in New Orleans, has been a product representative for a fine local distillery in the city.  Her show every Tuesday afternoon, “Road to the Ramones,” is a rocking, eclectic mix with …

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Banning Dispersants

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Bjorn Skogquist was a former mayor of one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs some fifteen miles away, when he was a young man.  He did a couple of terms and went on with his life.  That didn’t mean he no longer paid attention.  Watching …

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Appraisal Hell

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts\New Orleans      Finally, one of the deep, dark secrets of home ownership and home buying is coming to light – the mysterious, highly subjective, largely unregulated world of real estate appraisers.  For those lucky enough to own a home, whining about appraisals and in fact arguing …

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