by Sam Winston

Here’s a tally of my proximity to death and violence in New Orleans within the last year.

A longtime family friend was choked unconscious for his wallet in the Marigny at 5 p.m. after leaving work last month. Another friend driving in Algiers had bricks thrown at his car windshield. I myself heard gunshots on two separate nights sitting in my apartment on Nashville Avenue in Broadmoor. A young friend committed suicide due to a battle with depression. There was a person murdered Read the rest of this entry »

Since 2004, there have been 26 amendments proposed to the state constitution and all of them have passed. Last Saturday, there were four new amendments for voters to cast either for or against. Experts probably thought it a forgone conclusion that these amendments would make their way into the constitution –after all, they involved police pay, retirement systems and adding Read the rest of this entry »