Tired of Corruption In "The Big Easy"?????

Then the Metropolitan Crime Commission may be the answer:

The commission gets about 100 tips a month on its local hot line, and another 20 or so on a new statewide corruption line. About 15-20 percent provide enough information to warrant consideration.

Tips that show particular promise are passed on to law enforcement and prosecutors, often on the federal level where virtually all successful public corruption cases in New Orleans are handled.

What Is Going On With Gusman

It seems that Marlin Gusman incompetence will never end. First he was over charging the state for housing prisoners, now he is allowing prisoners to go free.

Elton Phillips, the accused armed robber mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish jail last week, was arrested Thursday by the Hammond police, according to the Hammond Police Department.

Lt. Vincent Giannobile, spokesman for the Hammond Police Department, said Phillips was arrested about 12:30 p.m., after the department received an anonymous call that he was in the area. Police officers stopped a rented Toyota Corolla, in which Phillips was a passenger, driving on Old Baton Rouge Highway west of Hammond, Giannobile said. Phillips was arrested without incident, he said.

By Thursday afternoon Phillips was back at the jail run by Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman.

Maybe Marlin Gusman should be under investigation. Should we wait until his actions cost someone their life? Inaction may be the better word. Either way, New Orleans will surely suffer.

Santa Was Upset At 'Ollie' This Year

Santa was upset with Ollie this year.

The corruption probe at the North Pole wasn't going well. Comet had agreed to tell Santa everything he knew about the rampant bribery schemes stemming from parking contracts for the sleigh. But now he was refusing to talk.

"I'm a reindeer, not a rat," he said.

Santa was furious. "I wish I could get Jim Letten up here," he grumbled as he made a note on his Hollyberry to move the U.S. attorney's name up a few notches on the nice list.

But North Pole corruption was only part of what was eating Santa. The naughty side of his ledger was so long that he feared an imminent environmental crisis from the coal-mining.

Santa sadly shook his head as he moved Oliver Thomas out of the nice column for taking bribes. The former New Orleans city councilman acknowledged that the city needs to be cleaned up, but then he refused to help out prosecutors.



Don't worry Santa. January 3rd. is soon approaching. Ollie will soon realize what happens to naughty LITTLE BOYS.

New Orleans' Old Houses In The Spotlight

Rashida Ferdinand sits in front of her house in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans on Monday. The television program, "This Old House" will cover in great detail the rebuilding of her 1892 Creole shotgun-style home. The show's 10-episode series featuring New Orleans area homes is scheduled to begin airing nationally next month on PBS.
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Audiences will follow homeowner Rashida Ferdinand, 32, a fourth-generation resident of the neighborhood, as she rebuilds the home she purchased in 2004, about a year before Katrina smashed levees and inundated her home with floodwater.

As cameras rolled, her home was buzzing with construction workers hanging drywall and installing French doors.

A ceramic artist by trade, Ferdinand called finding the home "a blessing" because of its lot size, art studio out back and location near the Mississippi River. But it was the history of the neighborhood she cherished most.

"The 9th Ward was a place of pioneers, a place where people found land, built on the land and started communities, especially right here along the river," she said.

Though it's taken more than two years to rebuild her dream, Ferdinand expects to be in the house by February. She's "on the forefront of the rebuild" in the Lower 9th Ward, said This Old House host Kevin O'Connor.

New Orleans' Population Increases

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans' population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, according to a new report.

The report, compiled by urban planning consultancy GCR & Associates and based on utility hookups, estimates the population at 295,450 and predicts it will surpass the 300,000 mark soon. That will put it on par with cities like Tampa, Fla., and Pittsburgh and provide a "significant indication of New Orleans' sustained viability as a major city and as an anchor for a large metropolitan area," the report says.

Feds Give Out Christmas Presents To 4 Convicted Felons

Christmas is a time to spend with family and friends and to celebrate the season by giving out gifts. The federal government has decided to hone in on the holiday spirit by issuing out Christmas gifts of their own; delaying prison sentences to four New Orleans' criminals who are guilty of corruption:

Former Orleans Parish School Board President Ellenese Brooks-Simms, restaurateur Stan "Pampy" Barré, businessman Reginald Walker and former Johnson Controls project manager Terry Songy all were scheduled to be sentenced the second week of January.

All of their sentencing dates have been delayed until April. Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas..you felons.

Last Minute Shopping

Looking for an Xbox this year? Well don't worry. You won't have to be concerned with Stan "Pampy" Barre, III stealing your Xbox. He is still serving his sentence. One of the items stolen in the home burglary...An Xbox. Now after his sentence is served, you may have something to worry about.


New Orleans: You are safe now from the former New Orleans' resident who is serving his home detention sentence in Federal Way, Washington. Gear up for next year though and try to protect your home from this residential burglar. Have a great Sunday!!!