More 21 Century City Comments

See this article on The Lens about city budget and tax implications.

The city lost a source of revenue recently when the mayor and council agreed – again, apparently in private – to drop an increase in taxes paid by parking-lot owners.

Stupid… You want a 21 Century City? Cars aren’t 21st Century. Make the Parking Lot Owners pay taxes they will raise their rates to compensate. Some people may change their mind about needing to take a CAR to downtown. The city can’t really be afraid that FEWER people will choose to shop downtown because of increasing fees by Parking Lot owners? Really? All the people who don’t shop downtown because of Parking are already NOT shopping downtown.

New Orleans and the 21st Century city

Two articles caught my attention in this weekend's newspaper.
One on Entergy and their negotiations with the Arkansas & Mississippi branches of the Entergy family.
and
Another an Op Ed on Recycling and the Trash Contracts.

Let's take some information from the Entergy article:
"Entergy Arkansas, which relies primarily on power generated from lower-cost sources like coal and nuclear plants."

"Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and other sister utilities that produce more expensive power at plants fired by natural gas, which has shot up in price in recent years."

Now Coal is just about the dirtiest fuel you can burn and Natural Gas the cleanest. So we're trading cheap for less environmentally friendly fuel. We're trading fuel that comes from Arkansas for fuel that comes from and through Louisiana and provides payroll for lots of New Orleans and Louisiana based folks.

Now lets take a look at that Op Ed about recycling and
"Some residents, admittedly, don't worry about recycling, but those who do care tend to care a lot and get frustrated every time they have to toss a plastic water bottle or old newspaper. For them, living in a city that offers such basic services is bound to provide a psychological boost.

It's also a boost to New Orleans' outside image as it strives to market itself as an environmentally aware city of the future, not some barely functional backwater. It's a lot easier to position yourself as a 21st century city if you're at least living up to late 20th century minimum standards."

So if we really want a 21st century city... and we do folks, we do... then we need to wean ourselves from Entergy Arkansas, push to use what we have and push Entergy to start using more 21st century solutions... solar... wind... a turbine run by the Mississippi River's current.

And suck up the costs of the trash contracts and be damn grateful that they now include recycling because it sends the right message about who we want to be.

New Orleans has always been called the most European city in America. Look to how some of the European cities have become more green and environmentally aware. It's not a bad way to be true to our historical legacy and look to the future at the same time.

Parking - and Taxes .... yours

Take a look at this article on The Lens
-http://thelensnola.org/2010/12/10/millage-negotiations/
The city lost a source of revenue recently when the mayor and council agreed – again, apparently in private – to drop an increase in taxes paid by parking-lot owners.

Stupid… You want a 21 Century City? Cars aren’t 21st Century. Make the Parking Lot Owners pay taxes they will raise their rates to compensate. Some people may change their mind about needing to take a CAR to downtown. The city can’t really be afraid that FEWER people will choose to shop downtown because of increasing by Parking Lot owners? Really? All the people who don’t shop downtown because of Parking are already NOT shopping downtown.

1st Annual New Orleans Children's Book Festival

You're Invited to the 1st Annual New Orleans Children's Book Festival

Free books for the first 2,000 kids! Free food and fun for the whole family!
Join us fort the 1st Annual New Orleans Children's Book Festival, which will feature tasty food, toe-tappin ' music, terrific activities and, of course, tons of books.

The Ruby Bridges Foundation, First Lady Cheryl Landrieu and others have partnered to launch the festival to honor the 50th Anniversary of her historic walk to help integrate New Orleans public schools.

Saturday, December 4, 2010
Latter Branch Library
5120 St. Charles Avenue
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

It's story time!

The first 2,000 children to the festival will receive free books! Many others will receive tote bags and fun goodies!

The festival will feature local authors reading stories throughout the day, including:

Ruby Bridges, Through My Eyes
James Carville, Lu and the Swamp Ghost
Cecelia Dartez, Jenny Giraffe
Alex Beard, The Jungle Grapevine
Nancy Parker, The Adventures of Yat and Dat: What’s Cookin’
Dr. Pandwe Gibson, Why series for children
Freddi Williams Evans, A Bus of Our Own, The Battle of New Orleans – The Drummer’s Story, Hush Harbor – Praying in Secret
JoAnn Mertens & Pat Roig, The Beignet That Almost Got Away
Dee Scallan, Moby Pincher series
Alison Hoffman Lane, Uncle Arnel and the Swamp Witch

Food, Music & Activities
Amanda Shaw
The James Andrews Brass Band
New Orleans Saints Mascot “Gumbo”
New Orleans Hornets Honey Bees
The Zoo Mobile
The Book Mobile
Red Beans & Rice
Lucky Dogs
Drinks
Gingerbread Cookies courtesy of Berthe Amos, author of The Cajun Gingerbread Boy

Special Thanks
Thank you to our sponsors and partners:
Chevron, UPS, New Orleans Saints, Louisiana Children's Museum, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Ampersand, Inc., New Orleans Hornets, InterContinental New Orleans, Southern Eagle, Friends of the New Orleans Library, Home Depot, Walgreens, LA Public Health Institute, Freeport McMoRan, Young Leadership Council - One Book One New Orleans, Target, Briones Consulting & Engineering, Ltd. and City Year.

Want more information?
Visit http://rubybridgesfoundation.org/bookfest

Thank you Monique! - ~100 of those trees planted in NorthWest Carrollton

From: Hike for Katreena
To: info@hikeforkatreena.com
Subject: New leadership
Date: Nov 30, 2010 9:13 PM
To Hike for Katreena supporter,

Five years ago I started Hike for Katreena as a way to give back to New Orleans after the destruction caused by the hurricane and the levee failures. New Orleans has been my home since birth and the home to my family for over seven generations. I love this city deeply, in a way that other native New Orleanians will readily understand.

I’ve always said the hurricane had a silver lining for me because it allowed me to do work that I am passionate about and it allowed me to work daily with others who have devoted their time to rebuilding New Orleans. To work alongside so many of you who have given so selflessly and sacrificed so much for the betterment of this city has been a humbling experience and a true honor.

When I started Hike for Katreena I was unsure how I was going to accomplish my goal of planting 2,175 trees; because of the love and support that I have received from so many, Hike for Katreena is now close to planting its 8000th tree in New Orleans. Eight thousand seems like a lot of trees, but when you realize we lost over 100,000 it’s clear we still have a lot of work to do.

After fostering the growth of this organization for the last five years I feel confident in turning over the reins to Connie Uddo, a colleague in the field of rebuilding New Orleans and someone who feels as passionately about Hike for Katreena’s mission as I do. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Connie through her work as Director of St. Paul’s Homecoming Center and know she will provide excellent leadership as the organization continues to grow and serve even more people and neighborhoods. Please help and support Connie as much as you have supported me. You can contact her at connie@hikeforkatreena.com.

I plan to spend the next few months working closely with Connie to ensure a smooth transition. In April of 2011, I will leave to hike the Appalachian Trail for the second time. This time rather than carrying with me the hopes and fears that go along with starting a non-profit, my hike will be sustained by the knowledge that Hike for Katreena is a vital, healthy organization in a vital, strong city. The awareness of what Hike for Katreena has done and what it will continue to do sustains and inspires me as I move on to seek out my next challenge.

All of you in some way have given me an opportunity to realize my dreams and for that I am eternally grateful. Thank you for all you have done.

Best wishes to all,
Monique Pilié
______________________
Founding Director
Hike for KaTREEna
www.hikeforkatreena.com
info@hikeforkatreena.com

Lady Buck Jumpers in NorthWest Carrollton Today!

Queen Toya & the girls having fun


King Trumpet


Maids on King Trumpet's Float


Loyalty & Royalty - the Men


Pink Ladies


The Crowd surrounding the Lady Buck Jumpers


Tuba & Mic in the crowd

PensionTown Neighborhood Association Meeting

Saturday, 6 November @ 4PM
The PensionTown Neighborhood Association Meeting will be at Greater St. John MBC at the Corner of Hickory and Leonidas.


AGENDA

1. City Council Member SUSAN GUIDRY will be update us on issues pertaining to the neighborhood and answer your questions.

2. Update on Carrollton Community Center

3. Update on Leonidas House

4. Update on Johnson Elementary's school garden - Megan Burns

If there is anything else you would like to put on the agenda please let me know. Also, Mark your calenders for Sunday, 14 November @ 1PM - You can pass by Leonidas House and see the space in its bare bones.



TILMAN HARDY
504.237.9556

Johnson Community Schoolyard Garden

Thursday, 4 November @ 6PM
Megan Burns is hosting a meeting on the new Johnson School Community Garden. You can find the attached fliers for that and upcoming dates relating to her project.

November 4th , 6 p.m.–7:30p.m. (sharp) in the J.W. Johnson Cafeteria
An open community and parent meeting for anyone interested in the project
At this meeting we will:
Review Phase I design and construction plans
Break in to work/committee groups
All are invited to attend and join a work group

Week of November 8th Priestley School Design team will begin to work on site to determine bed layout and construction logistics (Students only)

December 4th , 9 a.m.– Noon at the future garden site along Hickory Street at the J.W. Johnson School
Kick-off event with tree plantings and other preliminary activities
At this event:
Work groups will report on the status of their projects
Designers will present the final plans for construction

Construction beginning week of January 13th -18th , 2011
Construction will be under the direction of the Priestly students
Volunteers from the community are needed and encouraged to Participate.
Notification of dates and times will be available through e-mail

Earhart Overlay

Yesterday, after years of asking, the CPC issued a report and the City Council voted in favor of added Earhart Boulevard to the Inner City Urban Corridor District. Now development on Earhart will be governed by the same rules that govern development on Carrollton and Claiborne. 2 other streets and bound our little neighborhood.

Palmer Park Neighborhood Association 4th Annual Halloween Block Party!

The Palmer Park Neighborhood Association
4th Annual Halloween Block Party!

Saturday, Oct 30
6-9 p.m.

Please join the neighborhood children meeting at 8134 Sycamore Place @ 5:45 to go trick or treating to designated houses.

Block party kicks off on the 8100 block of Sycamore Place at 6 p.m.

Each family is asked to bring their drinks (we have coolers) and a spooky dish to share.

This magical neighborhood event is FREE however, for those that can afford it, a suggested donation of $5.00 helps pay for event expenses and future neighborhood projects... (Like the Holiday Caroling coming in December)

Bottle Bombs

Information was confirmed with Sergeant Kirton, our NOPD Community Outreach Coordinator. He states there is documentation that this is true.
BE CAREFUL!!!
Take a second to read this warning....and pass it along to your family, friends and kids!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE - VERY SERIOUS

Anybody that sees a plastic bottle in their yard would think nothing of picking it up to throw it away. Looks like these things are starting to pop up around the U.S. Check the Snopes web site below, it's pretty scary.

1. A plastic bottle with a cap (Like a normal water bottle).
2. A little Drano.
3. A little water.
4. A small piece of foil.
5. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM (Less than 30 seconds)!!
6. No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc.

People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for someone to pick it up intending to put it in the trash. It takes about 30 seconds to blow after you move the thing.

Details are in the link below
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp

Siege Mentality

MARCH 29, 2010
Siege Mentality
BY CHRIS ROSE


I was home Saturday night hanging out with a friend, minding my own business. And when somebody starts a story with the old "minding my own business" routine — you know that other people are going to be minding his business, too, before it's all over.

  It was around 8:30; it had just gotten dark. And, seemingly out of nowhere, a fleet of police cruisers materialized en masse up and down the two streets in front of my little house on the corner. Cars were parked sideways across the streets to block all traffic and a bunch of cops fanned out on foot to form a perimeter around the block next to mine.

  It got real weird real fast. Cruisers continued to come and go, lights flashing. An officer was placed on guard at every corner to prevent anyone getting in or out. The police started swarming all over the place, charging down driveways, peering over fences, under cars and even into those big green trash cans.

NWCCA - JMH 2 cents.... OK Chris this is a tip off that something is going on that you probably should NOT WANT to get in the middle of. Hello... police charging down driveways... swarming all over, blocking the streets... could it be... no .. could it be that they are LOOKING FOR A BAD GUY and that the LAST place you should be is gathered on the corner watching???!!! But no..... that's EXACTLY what Chris and friends are going to do.

  OK, so we got a little curious. My friend and I gathered with a couple of other neighbors on my corner, just outside the police perimeter. We asked the uniformed officer posted in front of my house what was going on but he ignored us. Just then, a big, beefy guy walking toward us barked: "Get back in your houses."

  He forgot to say please. He kept his distance, stopped, fixed a stare on us and added: "Now!"

NWCCA JMH 2 cents.... Could it be.... no.... that he wanted to make sure that the bad guy didn't harm you.... Wait that's not possible... is it?

  I was standing in my own yard. I suppose I could have protested. But I've been in this town long enough to know that the only thing you learn when you challenge the cops' authority around here is whether they're serving cheese grits or bologna sandwiches for breakfast down at Central Lockup the next morning.

NWCCA JMH 2 cents... unfortunately there is truth in this.. but Chris... remember they are looking for a bad guy...

  So we retreated to my front stoop, half in my doorway, half out, watching the scene unfold. About 12 plainclothes guys showed up next, posse-style, with big sidearms strapped on their hips. The officers on the scene up to that point seemed to cede authority to these guys and they took over where the others had been, burrowing into shrubbery, inspecting garages, looking for ... who knows?

NWCCA JMH 2 Cents... If you don't know then you CAN'T help and maybe you should stay out of the way.

   The K-9 unit finally showed up. All around the block, they sniffed and searched. I called a couple of neighbors to see what they knew and one of them answered his phone to tell me there was a cop on his roof, scanning the yard below with a flashlight.

  "What did they tell you?"

I asked. "They told me to get inside my house and stay there," he said.

  This went on for about 90 minutes, maybe two hours. A resident halfway up the block tried to leave his house at one point ­— he was headed on foot to the streetcar line ­— but he was sent back inside. If any of us were in danger, nobody was saying so. Nobody was saying anything, for that matter. And then ...

  And then, as fast as it had begun, it was over. The cops blocking the streets started their engines and drove away. The plainclothes guys and the German shepherds wandered off and away. The only remaining indications that something had just gone down here were all the dogs in the neighborhood venting their agitation.

  The sudden arrival and swift disappearance of the cops, coupled with their menacing treatment of the neighbors, gave the whole affair the creepy, surrealistic sensation of secret police operations in Eastern European countries in the not-so-distant past.

  It felt like nothing more than Us vs. Them.

  And we were all left wondering: What just happened? Is it over? Are they coming back? And, again: Are we in danger?

NWCCA JMH 2 cents... and here is where Chris begins to make a critical point that NOPD... because they are so rightfully pissed about the rest of his story probably never saw. THEY - the NOPD - should tell US the people they serve what the hell was going on. Remember knowledge is power? This is why NWCCA has contact with the folks in the 2nd district so that if something goes down we can ask what happened. Now, sometimes the answers are straight forward and sometimes they are not. NOPD could work on that. But I do agree with Chris that communication is a key part of the fighting crime and winning hearts and minds puzzle. JUST NOT WHILE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO CATCH THE BAD GUY! They want you to stay inside so you don't become a statistic. Teaching Moment for you Chris.

  Now, here's the Teaching Moment: You might think, given the current apprehensive and distrustful relationship between the police and the populace, you might think someone would have been assigned to deal with the residents in some way other than talking to us like we were misbehaving second-graders and then putting us on lockdown. We were grounded!

  You might think someone would explain to us what was happening, maybe even thank us for our cooperation and maybe even apologize for the inconvenience. And the rough treatment.

  You might think.

  But it was not forthcoming. Whatever happened was over and we were forced to try and piece it together ourselves, which we did over the next 24 hours, gathering observations and accounts from folks who were in strategic locations during the incident.

  Turns out some guy had smashed into a parked car around the corner. The guy got out of his car and ran. Word was he was drunk. Word was the car was stolen. And word was he had just robbed a fast food restaurant.

  Other than that, who knows? And anyway, the details of the crime itself are kind of moot now; in my neighborhood, we're stewing over the way the police were acting toward us. It's like the attitudes of the mayor and police chief are trickling down into every department of the city, where detachment and disinterest are the operating procedures.

  There's a sign on most of the police cars that were here Saturday night that says "To Protect and To Serve," and sometimes you have to wonder: Who's serving who?

  A police department that loses the trust and respect of its citizens is a lost and toxic entity. Us vs. Them has got to stop.

  Somebody needs to tell the chief and the brass: We are not the enemy.

NWCCA JMH 2 Cents.... BRASS of NOPD, Chris is right. He was Wrong in the beginning and Right in the End. We are all in this together. Ya'll are supposed to PROTECT, which you were obviously (to me if not to Chris) trying to do in the beginning of the story. What you forgot was that you are also supposed to SERVE and that's where the breakdown is. We... those US folks... really do care and when you talk to US it helps us to know that you care too.

District A SELA Meeting

In response to growing concerns among constituents,
on Thursday, September 23, District "A" Councilmember Susan G. Guidry
will host a community meeting to discuss street flooding and water management throughout the District. Discussion topics will include the upcoming Southeastern Louisiana Flood Control Program (SELA) projects, flooding in the University area and flooding associated with new construction and road work.

Residents are encouraged to attend and to bring photographs and written descriptions of the flooding they have experienced recently.

When: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Refreshments - 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Program - 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Where: St. Matthew UCC Church
– in coordination with the Central Carrollton Association
1333 South Carrollton Avenue

Who: - District "A" Councilmember Susan G. Guidry
- Representatives from the City of New Orleans
and the Department of Public Works
- Representatives from the Sewerage and Water Board
- Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Earhart Overlay - Finally - Vote is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

ZONING DOCKET 86-10 - Request by CITY COUNCIL MOTION M-10-343 for a Text Amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, as well as the appropriate corresponding map changes to the official zoning base maps of the City of New Orleans, to amend Article 10, Section 10.3A “Inner City Urban Corridor District” to expand the area of applicability under section 10.3A.2 to include item (e) “Those lots or developments fronting on Earhart Boulevard in the area generally bounded by Jefferson Davis Parkway, Monticello Street, Forshey Street, and Pritchard Place.” (PD 3, 4)

Carrollton United Meeting

CARROLLTON UNITED MEETING

MONDAY SEPT. 13, 2010 AT 5:00 P.M.

MARY & JACKIE GREEN'S HOME, GROUND FLOOR
* 8520 CLAIBORNE AVE.
AGENDA:

CARROLLTON STORY - JUNE JONES

JOHNSON SCHOOL - MARY DUKES & WANDA BROOKS

PRIESTLEY CHARTER SCHOOL - MARY JONES

ONE BY YOUTH - REV. STANFORD WILLIAMS

NORD MEETING - JEAN FISCHER

ANNOUNCEMENTS - October 2nd Night Out Against Crine Palmer Park

Chris Rose says it for us - AGAIN, this time on DRAINS

This was a topic with Council Member Susan Guidry at our September 1 Neighborhood Meeting. Thank you Chris!

Fantasy On Ice by Chris Rose
Where are our Zambonis?

  I got to thinking about those big, lumbering ice resurfacing machines when the TV station I work for, WVUE, broke a story last week citing a backlog of 607 complaints filed with the New Orleans Department of Public Works about blocked and clogged storm drains.

First of all, I believe the actual number of clogged drains is significantly higher than 607 because I'm sure I'm not the only resident who long ago gave up on trying to get someone from the city to come clean drains where I live.

  Long ago.

  Over the years, getting the city to come clean out my storm drains began to seem as likely as getting someone from the sanitation department to come over and sweep the dust bunnies from underneath my bed. Just ain't gonna happen.

  Getting your storm drains cleaned around here sort of reminds me of the lottery; you hear about it happening, but it never happens to you. Or anyone you know. You just take it on faith that it's happening. Somewhere.

  Anywhere but here.

  For the past decade, it's been my habit — when there is news of a storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico — to grab a shovel and a long wooden pole and head out to my street to try and do the job myself, fruitlessly digging and poking, trying to open up some small passageway where water might escape underneath our streets.

  It's messy work, and it's rarely effective. The mud, branches, go-cups, litter and occasional missing persons that fill our storm drains are generally a solid and impenetrable muck that one man with a shovel is unlikely to defeat.

  Now, in a city that lies largely below sea level, you might think storm drain maintenance would be a high priority. You might think.

  Yet, to do this job, the city possesses just two heavy-duty storm drain vacuum cleaners. Two! As I noted last week, New Orleans having just two storm drain cleaners seems akin to North Dakota having just two snow plows to clear its streets in winter.

  I believe that's also the number of Pothole Killers the city owns — those alien-looking machines that resemble worker bees from the Mother Ship in War of the Worlds, spitting some strange melange of gravel-glue into our potholes and generally making a mess of the streets and sending tons of little rocks and cement chunks into our storm drains. Clogging them.

  And this would be funny, were it so decidedly not.

  I saw one of the Pothole Killers drive down my street about a year ago, never to be seen again. I have this image of them parked next to the storm drain vacuums in a city lot somewhere, locked behind a chain-link fence because the city laid off the mechanics who kept them running.

  This is, let me state for the record, sheer speculation. Either that, or the driver of one of them stopped to get a Coke somewhere and the parking enforcement people booted the vehicle.

  And maybe it was the thought of winter storms — I can't really say — that made me think of the Zambonis. If I remember correctly, there were two — the magic number! — down at the Municipal Auditorium back in the days when the New Orleans Brass hockey team played there.

  For all I know, they're still down in some dark nook or cranny of that building which, as the years pass, begins to resemble more or less the set of The Phantom of the Opera, and God knows who or what lives in that building now.

  I don't know, maybe I'm the only one who thinks it's almost funny that New Orleans has as many Zambonis as it does storm drain cleaners and pothole fillers.

  Almost.

  I went on the Zamboni website — yes, there is one, all things Zamboni — to see if I could learn anything about retrofitting the vehicles to do things like vacuum storm drains or smooth over potholes, but I had no luck.

  It all makes me nostalgic, remembering how a bright, young entreprenuer managed to convince the city back in the '90s that what it needed was a hockey team which, of course, was a ludicrous idea from the start — and that's how it is that we managed to end up with a pair of idled Zambonis somewhere in this city, to go along with our pair of Pothole Killers and storm drain vacuum cleaners.

  You could tell this bright, eager young huckster was cut out for big things, a man of inventive wit and ambitious ideas, very few of which — other than a hockey team and two Zambonis — ever materialized.

  His name was Ray Nagin.

You Trash can tempt criminals, label your stuff

Hello Everyone,

Over the past few weeks the Second District has been experiencing a series of home burglaries. In these burglaries the stolen items of choice have been large screen televisions (36"and over), laptop computers and other household appliances.

Commander Albert would like to take this opportunity to pass on a few suggestions that would aid in the retrieval of property and possible apprehension of suspects involved in these crimes.

First, it is very important that you retain the serial numbers for all of your household appliances including televisions and computers. It is also strongly recommended that you have your driver's license number etched onto all of your items in some fashion so that it can be readily noticed. This links the item directly to you.

Next, if you do not retain your sales receipt you should at least make certain you know from which store the item was purchased. This can be helpful due to the fact that most large retail stores will record the sale with your name, telephone number and all of the numbers associated with the item.

In addition, it is also a good idea to take photographs of all of your property. This will record any identifiable marks or item condition which can then be used as a tool to link the property to your household.

This information is important so that your property can be identified if it should end up in a pawn shop or is recovered in another investigation.

Finally, you should never advertise a new purchase by placing the box or carton it came in out for garbage pick up. This is as good as an invitation to thieves to break into your home and help themselves. If you have a large purchase being delivered, ask that the delivery persons remove the carton or box it was delivered in. For smaller purchases, which you carried out of the store, try to break the carton or box into smaller pieces then place them in dark garbage bags.

In closing, on behalf of Commander Albert, I would like to thank all of you for your continued support and enthusiasm in our endeavor of making a Greater New Orleans.

Thank you,
Sergeant Robert W. Kirton, III
Community Outreach Coordinator
2nd District
4317 Magazine Street
NOLA 70115


Off. 658-6020


E-Mail rwkirton@cityofno.com

American Cab... Rape

eMail fron www.NOLAReady.info

September 8, 2010

New Orleans Police Department-Public Information Office
Suspect Wanted for Rape

New Orleans, LA - The New Orleans Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in the identification of an unknown, Middle-Eastern male, wanted in connection for rape. The offense occurred on July 31, 2010, shortly after 2:00A.M., near the 300 block of Cherokee Street.

According to investigators, the suspect, an American Cab Company cab driver picked up the victim and her male acquaintance at the intersection of Saint Phillip and Royal Streets. The victim’s male acquaintance was dropped off at the intersection of Saint Charles and Louisiana Avenues. The suspect then drove near the 300 block of Cherokee Street where he raped the victim.

The suspect was driving a newer model white van, possibly a Dodge or Toyota, an American Cab.

Attached is a
a photograph of the American Cab.


and a compsite sketch of the suspect

Wanted: Unknown, Middle-Eastern Male
Wanted for: Rape

Anyone having information concerning this crime is asked to call Crimestoppers at 822-1111 or toll free for long distance at 1-877-903-STOP (7867). Callers do not have to give their name nor testify in court.

Officer Shereese Harper

Get information straight from NOPD

At the Northwest Carrollton meeting last night, some of you asked about the NOPDs NOLA info emails, whereby the NOPD inform the public through emails of certain goings on in the city.

If you want to subscribe for this free service, go to: www.NOLAReady.info

2010 Animated Population Recovery Map - GCR

Article in New York Time showing animated New Orleans repopulation map by GCR & Associates.

"While New Orleans has not fully recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, a local research group, GCR & Associates, estimates that up to 80 percent of the city’s population before the storm has returned. The group analyzed utility, sanitation, mail and voter activity statistics to track the number of people resettling in the city. Click below or on the map to get more details on resettlement patterns in New Orleans or one of four key neighborhoods."


Too bad you can't zoom in to other neighborhoods.