Um… would someone like to try their hand at explaining why, according to yesterday’s Times-Picayune, Blanco, the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency and LA state treasurer Kennedy are squabbling over building these “Louisiana Cottages” in alternative housing communities — a project worth $75.4 million? According to Read the rest of this entry »

This past Sunday afternoon, a woman and her three-year-old daughter were getting into their car on the 4500 block of South Galvez St. when a young man robbed them at gunpoint. This is in the heart of Broadmoor, my neighborhood, and less than a couple of blocks from my house.

That same evening, I walked my dog along with my own three-year-old daughter. I wasn’t aware of the crime, but I am now. While it still angers me that a crime like this can happen Read the rest of this entry »