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Maitri V-R is writing about geology and nature the other side of the Industrial Canal. In Day 687: Bringing Back Bayou Bienvenue. She also writes about trans-canal relationships. We need to spend more time on the other side of the Industrial Canal. Bayou Bienvenue, Lower 9th Ward, Think New Orleans

Thank you Ray for the announcement of the A Strategic Plan of Action for the New Orleans Police Department obtained by Karen Gadbios using her magical gadfly powers. Criminal Justice, Lee Brown, New Orleans Police Department

A whimsical wedding cake from Zingerman’s Bakery, Ann Arbor, Michigan by Tamara. There are two people you’ll want to follow for the trials and tribulations of Louisiana Senator David Vitter. Vindication for Christopher Tidmore, who wrote about David Vitter and Wendy Cortez way back in 2002. This vindication is good for his candidacy for State Representative of District [...]

Laura LeBon speaks about the Road Home Program from her house in Lakeview New Orleans. This is the first in a series of films produced by Mark Morris and CHAT. The Road Home Program is the primary means by federal funds are pressed into the hands of ordinary Louisiana citizens. The Road Home Program continues to [...]

Pictograph instructions on a revolving door by Taro Yamamoto. The solution to Eddie Jordan seems to be to assign him as many baby-sitters as our legal system can muster. This includes the Attorney General’s office, the National District Attorney’s Association, and at Arnie Fielkow’s request, the Louisiana State Supreme Court. Our civic leaders seem to believe [...]

Saint Eddie Jordan by Chris. A few of the New Orleans bloggers are gearing up on the resignation of District Attorney Eddie Jordan. They feel that that 7% felony conviction rate, the murderers released because of the failure to press charges (701 releases), and the dismissal of two high-profile murder cases in as many weeks serve [...]

You Go Girl by Chris. I’m still shocked that our local newspaper would cover a contentious mass demolition by calling one of the neighborhood leaders a gadfly. That is what John Pope did in his article Xavier planning for 21 demolitions. Karen Gadbois is a woman who lead her neighborhood when the tornado that struck Carrollton in [...]

Happy July 14th by Hughes Leglise-Bataille. The events of the last week overcame your humble digital pamphleteer. There flood of hypocrisy and incompetence was more than I could handle. I was at turns angry and dumbfounded. Thus, I’m putting out a Think New Orleans letter, that is late, disjointed, and incomplete. Here’s hoping that you had a [...]

Maitri Venkat-Ramani writes about the USA Today article in Cleanup Begins at the Top and ask “Why do the media and government highlight the ones who made mere thousands off this post-disaster cottage industry when there are those who raked in millions and billions? House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. agrees with my [...]

Pistolette calls them damn yankees with their half-baked theories on New Orleans, such as the idea that we are “climate refugees.” Ashley Morris writes a Letter to the Hartford Courant. It is regarding Robert M. Thorson and his belief that “the real reason New Orleans remains unfixed – without police and fire protection and with [...]

Care Forgot will be a website that will remember the victims of murder in the City of New Orleans. It is a project idea posed by Ray Shea, of Ray in New Orleans. Post a story about each victim. Create a social media project where victims are remembered. Yesterday, I conducted a conference call to launch the [...]

This is a forum to further develop the New Orleans Wiki article about City Park Ave and Canal Blvd. Please leave an corrections or clarifications. The article is fluid and subject to change in response to input. City Park Ave and Canal Blvd – At the New Orleans Wiki. It is written not in the journalistic style, [...]

The idea of a PodCamp for New Orleans is forming at the weblog of Christopher S. Penn. Hats off to Christopher Johnston for spotting this and building bridges. Christopher Johnston, New Orleans, PodCamp, Think New Orleans

Sunset at Petroleum Field by Fábio Pinheiro. Who is a Texas Oilman’s best friend? Why, a Texas banker, of course. When President Bush nominated Donald Powell, the former FDIC Chairman with decades of oil banking experience in the Lone Star State, as Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding it may have looked as though Bush [...]

Electric Meter by Roman Edirisinghe. Utility bills are a major concern for New Orleanians. The Alliance for Affordable Energy continues to look for ways to assist residents in seeking resolution to major billing and service issues. If you have had a an issue with your energy bills, please share your experience with us [...]

Spanish Plaza Fountain by Christopher Vicknair Don’t think that I’ll shill for just anyone who drops me an email. In fact, I might turn around and zorch you if you are a total idiot. A nice fellow from NetFlix wrote me to ask me to tell my readers about… Dennis Quaid and the Sharks – Spanish Plaza, [...]

This is an online forum for the development of the Road Home Unconference. The Road Home Unconference will be held at the Lindy C. Boggs International Convention Center on Saturday, July 28th, 2007. The Road Home Unconference is brought to you by The New Orleans Housing Resource Center, The Mothership Foundation, and Think New Orleans. Here [...]

This is an online forum for the development of the first Civic Intelligence Camp. I created a listserv, events@thinknola.com, but then I thought better of creating another listserv. I don’t want to create another information silo. We’ll obtain enough privacy through obscurity, once this post scrolls down from the top. The key organizers are avid bloggers, [...]

The Think New Orleans newsletter reached 2,511 people with the last posting. Going forward, I am going to recall how hard it was to get information from New Orleans when I was in Ann Arbor. I name drop, mention intersections and neighborhoods, and hope that this gives people a reminder of their sense of place. The [...]

Think New Orleans does not currently have plan for the messages that bubble out of the community we serve. I got an email from an intern at Global Green. I am simply going to publish it below verbatum. Technical Manager for Global Green USA Green Schools Program- Required skills: LEED technical assistance, energy audit, AIQ, and [...]