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they told me we'd be finished by now
📍New Orleans
📍New Orleans
The new conservative mayor of Baton Rouge's scheme to use a budget deficit as an excuse to cut library funding is going down
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The new conservative mayor of Baton Rouge's scheme to use a budget deficit as an excuse to cut library funding is going down
8:38 PM Election result is overall no confidence in everything
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
8:38 PM Election result is overall no confidence in everything
I gotta say I don't think these signs are going to get through to voters who have no idea what Prop 1 or the Housing Trust Fund are. Most probably won't know if the sign wants them to vote for or against housing
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I gotta say I don't think these signs are going to get through to voters who have no idea what Prop 1 or the Housing Trust Fund are. Most probably won't know if the sign wants them to vote for or against housing
Ask any local politician about housing policy and they will emphasize moving people from renting to homeownership as their top goal. But really that is just moving people from "severely cost burdened" status to "house poor" www.nola.com/news/busines...
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ask any local politician about housing policy and they will emphasize moving people from renting to homeownership as their top goal. But really that is just moving people from "severely cost burdened" status to "house poor" www.nola.com/news/busines...
"We will give you money to avoid furloughs if you hand the payroll over to a guy who wants you to do furloughs" sounds like a shitty deal to me. But I guess I am not an elected mayor or councilperson whose only goal is to get these problems off of my desk. www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"We will give you money to avoid furloughs if you hand the payroll over to a guy who wants you to do furloughs" sounds like a shitty deal to me. But I guess I am not an elected mayor or councilperson whose only goal is to get these problems off of my desk. www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
Of course she welcomes it. It means she gets to do the budget austerity her closest backers want to do anyway. But now they get to blame some outside force for making them do it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Of course she welcomes it. It means she gets to do the budget austerity her closest backers want to do anyway. But now they get to blame some outside force for making them do it.
The constant threat of a fiscal administrator is just as bad as an actual fiscal administrator. Will mean the same austerity policies get implemented. But technically will be implemented by the elected mayor and council
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The constant threat of a fiscal administrator is just as bad as an actual fiscal administrator. Will mean the same austerity policies get implemented. But technically will be implemented by the elected mayor and council
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
Hey at least they reached out to see how NO&Co was taking it
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hey at least they reached out to see how NO&Co was taking it
I am shocked at how much I do not agree with any of this sentiment. To me, it's exactly the same sort of thinking as Hakeem Jeffries saying the Dems will win back Congress because of health care costs. Everyone wants to profit from suffering these days. And, no. Nothing good will come from suffering
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I am shocked at how much I do not agree with any of this sentiment. To me, it's exactly the same sort of thinking as Hakeem Jeffries saying the Dems will win back Congress because of health care costs. Everyone wants to profit from suffering these days. And, no. Nothing good will come from suffering
Hope everyone enjoyed their 2 days of winter. See you next year
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hope everyone enjoyed their 2 days of winter. See you next year
Right. You can't "resolve" inherent class conflict. You have to pick a fucking side. www.nola.com/news/busines...
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Right. You can't "resolve" inherent class conflict. You have to pick a fucking side. www.nola.com/news/busines...
Nothing matters in local politics besides one's status in the club. www.nola.com/news/politic...
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nothing matters in local politics besides one's status in the club. www.nola.com/news/politic...
I'm envisioning checks going out to every business who paid a tariff. The consumers they passed it on to, though... well... www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I'm envisioning checks going out to every business who paid a tariff. The consumers they passed it on to, though... well... www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
This is also the problem New Orleans faces with its budget crisis www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is also the problem New Orleans faces with its budget crisis www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
whole thing needs to burn
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
whole thing needs to burn
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What this tells me is Moreno plans to give the state some power to dictate austerity policies during her administration which she can then claim aren't her fault
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What this tells me is Moreno plans to give the state some power to dictate austerity policies during her administration which she can then claim aren't her fault
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
Man this is like THE thing you cannot screw up at LSU
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Man this is like THE thing you cannot screw up at LSU