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E.J.:
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Posts Tagged ‘Transparency’
Commentary: Treasurer Kennedy Proposes Measures to Alleviate Louisiana’s Budget Crisis
In the midst of Louisiana’s education budget crisis, it is understandable that frustrated citizens have taken to looking for scapegoats. Accordingly, it’s not surprising to see many bumper stickers decrying Governor Jindal’s perceived role as the chief culprit for the cuts which threaten the quality of our higher education system. While placing the burden of [...]
Commentary: Road Home Grant Money Going to Waste
The latest example of astonishing wasteful government spending in Post-Katrina New Orleans was described in a recent report by the Times-Picayune. In this example of progress impeded by bureaucratic incompetence, a study by a federal inspector general found that 80% of sampled recipients of Road Home elevation grants in 2006 and 2007 failed to use [...]
Commentary: Betty Jefferson Case Highlights Need for Transparency
The Jefferson political dynasty seems to have finally collapsed under its squalid foundation of greed and deceit. This week Betty Jefferson has resigned her post as the 4th district assessor following pressure from her fellow assessors. The resignation follows her guilty plea to swindling money from both her office and from nonprofit groups funded by [...]
Vice-President Holds Closed Transparency Meeting
In an ironic twist, Vice-President Biden’s meeting on transparency was closed to the press. The LA Times reported: In fact, today’s Biden schedule highlight is a meeting with the chief of transparency for economic recovery. But, unfortunately, the transparency meeting is non-transparent, closed to the press. Which makes it — what? — secret openness? Open [...]
Corruption: A Recurring Topic in the 2010 Mayor’s Race
The latest candidate forum took place on Friday, January 15th at Loyola University New Orleans and had as the central topic public corruption. Since the beginning of the mayor’s race candidates have shed light on the worse features of New Orleans, public corruption being just one of them. Acknowledging the city’s weaknesses and proposing solutions [...]