tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post5537465253892963887..comments2024-01-05T02:53:03.358-06:00Comments on American Zombie: Understanding the RevolverJason Brad Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421813599753848735noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-80816993739593469212010-03-20T11:06:38.565-05:002010-03-20T11:06:38.565-05:00Really? MWH gets MORE money?
http://www.nola.com...Really? MWH gets MORE money?<br /><br />http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/new_orleans_extends_adds_perfo.html<br /><br />How does it not matter that the company has admitted to U.S. Attorneys that it pays bribes to New Orleans officials? <br /><br />How does it not matter that they've been paid over $30 million and there isn't much finished construction to show for it? Most of the street projects are through the state's Submerged Roads program, so MWH can't take much credit for any of that.<br /><br />They should be paying us money back, not the other way. In five years the City will be blighted, but MWH will still be sending huge checks back to Colorado.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-82962927669616298972010-03-18T18:35:04.473-05:002010-03-18T18:35:04.473-05:00Kenya Smith used to be the Mayor's Executive A...Kenya Smith used to be the Mayor's Executive Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations, until his brief hiatus and his current gig. <br /><br />Julie Schwamm-Harris is the deputy for that department. <br /><br />I know one underling who has worked under both of those two, and I hope he'll start unburying bodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-36867328533844825972010-03-14T10:14:58.118-05:002010-03-14T10:14:58.118-05:00Kenya Smith's Office of Community Development ...Kenya Smith's Office of Community Development deals with a lot of grants (like the $800k/$400k grant/loan given to Zulu/Zulu). And he's as big of a hack as they come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-28774697941351752452010-03-13T22:46:19.004-06:002010-03-13T22:46:19.004-06:00At New Orleans City Hall, on paper at least, Grant...At New Orleans City Hall, on paper at least, Grant Monitoring and the relations with other levels of government is the responsibility of the Intergovernmental Relations people. <br /><br />So who is in Intergovernmental Relations? <br /><br />Who are the Mayor's Intergovernmental Relations people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-47986021931138218792010-03-13T22:38:19.302-06:002010-03-13T22:38:19.302-06:00OK, so google the phrase "Ray Nagin's min...OK, so google the phrase "Ray Nagin's minions", and lots of stuff comes up. <br /><br />We can agree at this point that Ray Nagin's minions are up to no good. <br /><br />What I'm missing, and what would help me figure out what the #$%@ is going on, is if someone could provide a list of who these minions are, and the jobs they do. <br /><br />lil'oya gave us a great list to start off with, but if there was a City Hall organizational chart or something, that would be helpful. <br /><br />Who is working for whom, that sort of thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-57645043801739325732010-03-12T16:11:16.982-06:002010-03-12T16:11:16.982-06:00Yes, you can say that in a democracy an electorate...Yes, you can say that in a democracy an electorate gets the government it deserves. That being said, I seriously doubt anyone would have voted for this gross incompetency (if that is all that it is). If there is no legal standard, the legal standard should be challenged, and it would be difficult to prove. But there should be a way to stop the insanity.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454722153681709508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-50395713568038080412010-03-12T14:19:07.606-06:002010-03-12T14:19:07.606-06:00I don't know that there was malfeasance here, ...I don't know that there was malfeasance here, either. Sounds to me like most of the MWH contracts in question were staff aug type T&M deals. It's difficult to quantify exactly when you "need" another person to help in the office with your workload. <br /><br />But when you have a bunch of likeable, competent MWH contractors in your office who are gently pushing you that whatever the latest development is really means you NEED more help...and hiring more help makes your job so much easier...and you have this big pile of money just sitting there...and there's no one applying any kind of fiscal pressure on you from above...<br /><br />it's just really easy to say, "sure, I think we do need one more person."<br /><br />Which is to say, yes, we probably are totally screwed...not so much from evil as from pure incompetence. That's what you get when you elect lazy, do-nothing imbeciles to run your city. People generally get the kind of government they deserve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-66777744907232807502010-03-12T07:32:28.472-06:002010-03-12T07:32:28.472-06:00This could throw the whole population, the city it...This could throw the whole population, the city itself, into a form of debt slavery: anyone who wants to move their person or their business to New Orleans would be voluntarily walking into that, in the form of higher taxes, etc. <br /><br />Why do you think those Rust Belt cities look the way they do? Reading this, I'm getting deja vu all over again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-57111002757162307332010-03-12T02:53:55.506-06:002010-03-12T02:53:55.506-06:00Whew, for a second there I thought you were talkin...Whew, for a second there I thought you were talking about the NOPD Sandwich Bag'lunch.Editilla~New Orleans Ladderhttp://noladder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-88584809606827667912010-03-11T23:22:52.467-06:002010-03-11T23:22:52.467-06:00Someone needs a hug. Come here big guy.Someone needs a hug. Come here big guy.Superdeformedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691250420604584391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-8793000920690464712010-03-11T22:53:17.089-06:002010-03-11T22:53:17.089-06:00What about malfeasance in office? Surely someone ...What about malfeasance in office? Surely someone cannot be irresponsible, irrational or malevolent with funds when there is a fiduciary responsibility, and there are no consequencesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454722153681709508noreply@blogger.com