City Council President J.P. Morrell told an enthusiastic audience of family, friends, business and community leaders last week that he was confident the City of New Orleans would make great strides under the leadership of a new mayor and city council to be elected in the fall. Morrell made his remarks during a fundraiser. He […]
If your energy bill feels criminally high, that’s because it is. The Entergy New Orleans monopoly has inflated rates, manipulated regulators, and deceived the public—all while raking in billions. And when money alone wasn’t enough, they straight-up lied—hiring paid actors to fake public support for a gas plant that New Orleanians didn’t want. A Monopoly […]
Though qualifying for the 2025 city elections for mayor and council is still 10 months away, candidates led by New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno are already raising funds for next year’s races. It’s no secret that Moreno- who is completing her second term as Councilmember-At-Large and cannot seek re-election for that position – […]
With his first appearance before Judge Wendy Vitter on Wednesday, August 7, Jeffrey Vappie Jr., former NOPD executive security officer and close companion to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, is squarely under the thumb of federal prosecutors. Although Cantrell has not been indicted in Vappie’s case, she is under intense pressure for her own behavior which, according […]
Dozens of elected officials and politically active Democrats from across Louisiana gathered at the uptown home of newly elected Democratic State Central Committee member Pamela Steeg and her husband Rob on Tuesday, May 28 to bid a fond farewell to Lynda Woolard, one of the state’s most prominent Democratic women. After 30 years of helping […]
Change is in the air for New Orleans city government. Despite a low turnout, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s easy victory yesterday was an indisputable sign that the majority of New Orleanians are pleased with her leadership and vision for the city’s future. Though two hurricanes, a pandemic and a major hack of the city’s computer system […]
Much like the 1970’s English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Xavier University staffer Bart Everson, former state Senator J.P. Morrell and City Councilmember Kristin Palmer often sang the same tune at Wednesday night’s forum in the city council at-large division 2 race which was hosted by the Gambit. That’s not to say the […]
Dueling as a sport has been illegal in the U.S. since 1992. That’s not stopping Councilmembers Kristin Palmer and Jared Brossett from what some may believe is a two-on-one simultaneous thrusting of swords at former state Senator JP Morrell New Orleans. In what some believe is an effort to wound Morrell, the frontrunner in the […]
The red sea parted at Criminal District Court Wednesday morning when Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her handlers arrived just before 8 a.m. to qualify for a second term. Though some candidates had been waiting in the courthouse’s un-airconditioned hallway for close to an hour, almost all gave up their spots so that Cantrell – smartly […]
When Walt Leger III introduced J.P. Morrell Tuesday night at Morrell's campaign kick-off for City Council At Large Division 2, he called Morrell "a new voice from someone who has been an old voice." Morrell served 14 years in the Louisiana Legislature and authored the life-changing unanimous jury legislation as well as bills that protected […]
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