Entergy New Orleans Inc. is asking the New Orleans City Council to approve a $23 million reduction in electric rates and the fuel adjustment charge, which if approved, will save customers with typical electric use about $6.40 a month. Any approved changes would go into effect in April 2009. 

Entergy spokesman Morgan Stewart says the utility filed the rate case on Thursday (July 31) but does not know when the City Council, which regulates Entergy New Orleans, will take up the matter.

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Inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola this month are donating 200 wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and canes they refurbished to people in Guatemala through Wheels for the World. 

The prisoners also are donating a container of handmade toys they constructed through the inmate organization, The Toy Shop, which provides toys for children whose families cannot afford them. 

A large truck will arrive at the prison on Aug. 11 to pick up the medical devices and toys. They should arrive in Guatemala in December.

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That man in the white cap there is Gene Steratore, a head NFL referee who, along with most of his crew and some college officials, briefed the media today on some of the rule changes taking place today in the NFL. Though the presentation itself felt like I was back in college, it was actually kind of interesting to hear the new rule changes and how they may affect the game. Here are some highlights: Read the rest of this entry »

And that day is today.

Sounds like the ticket agents who have to explain the new policy to the pax are thrilled.

 Never thought I’d see the day when a scoop of Rocky Road was the price of a barrel of oil…