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Probably hungover (the update is it might be a brain cloud)
New Orleans
Joined March 2008
The price is everything just keeps being raised higher and higher while service gets worse and worse.
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The planning commission's Transient Lodging Study (focusing largely on short term rentals) is available now
storymaps.arcgis.com
Analysis and recommendations for transient lodging uses such as Commercial Short Term Rentals, hotels/motels, and bed & breakfasts.
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This scourge of public officials signing NDAs with private companies is widespread. We don't know the totals/details of many tax subsidy packages or even the full amount the MTA hands over to credit card companies in swipe fees b/c of NDAs. Completely insane. It's public $$$
As the AI boom leads to more data centers being proposed, Big Tech is using NDAs to hide the true impact they have on communities. An NBC review of data center proposals found most local officials did sign NDAs and "worked with... shell companies that can conceal visibility..."
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OK now the bond request is off the table and today's Fiscal Review Committee meeting is also canceled. JP says "we're going to cut the budget" But how and where?
nola.com
A state panel that is considering whether to recommend a state takeover of New Orleans' finances has canceled a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, according to the panel's chair, Louisiana Legislative...
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In order to solve the budget crisis, the city's plan is to abandon its children in the woods. While there, they will defeat a witch and return with her treasure.
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.@LAGovJeffLandry appears to be threatening @Loyola_NOLA because the student government allegedly turned down an application for a Turning Point chapter. Loyola is a private Catholic college and TP is not Catholic? Could that be a factor? #lalege
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a group of literal oligarchs bewailing socialism at a gathering inside a kingdom ruled by an actual monarch is a bit too on the nose
"Having a socialist mayor would be catastrophic" Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square, tells the FII event in Saudi Arabia that he is firmly against Zohran Mamdani's campaign to be the mayor of New York https://t.co/JkvN2sFpOw
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It's a better show if you put Jameis in the center square
Since Drew Brees retired in 2021, the Saints have had nine starting quarterbacks. Rookie Tyler Shough gets his first start this Sunday against the Rams. https://t.co/jGcEaq8Wlo
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So in order to save money, I guess we should just not have events happen anymore
Breaking News: Here’s where NOPD says the $12.8 million in special event overtime went this year ⬇️ 💰 Mardi Gras – $5.37M 🏈 Super Bowl 2025 – $2.3M 🚨 “Bourbon St Terrorist” response – $1.5M 🌨️ Winter Storm – $1.2M 🎶 Essence Fest – $401K 🎆 4th of July – $212K 🍸 Decadence –
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No one cross reference when these events were cuz they absolutely double dippin & they admit it publicly
Breaking News: Here’s where NOPD says the $12.8 million in special event overtime went this year ⬇️ 💰 Mardi Gras – $5.37M 🏈 Super Bowl 2025 – $2.3M 🚨 “Bourbon St Terrorist” response – $1.5M 🌨️ Winter Storm – $1.2M 🎶 Essence Fest – $401K 🎆 4th of July – $212K 🍸 Decadence –
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Kellen Moore is under no pressure. Like ZERO. He’s got the safest job in the league. The only thing getting him fired is if he’s walked out the facility in handcuffs
Kellen Moore just got himself fired, unfortunate
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Well the Tulane rage monkeys are on the loose again. This is like the 3rd or 4th time I can remember during the 2000s.
fox8live.com
Officials said the monkeys weigh about 40 pounds each, are aggressive toward humans and require personal protective equipment to handle.
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Also could be a way for the outgoing administration to negotiate terms that hamstring the incoming one.
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Who in the "NOLA administration" is in on these talks? What terms are being discussed? https://t.co/CIzidRgTGV
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Goddammit the links don't render the headline anymore because the owner of this app is opposed to informing people. Anyway, the state is going to take the city over and sell it off for parts
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