Also, social media influencer who fatally shot valet speaks out
| By Bob Warren Trying to get it right: Remember Brad Pitt’s ambitious Make It Right development in the Lower 9th Ward? The star-studded post-Katrina recovery initiative promising homes with innovative and and sustainable designs is back in the news -- and not for the right reasons, Doug MacCash reports. Twitter spat: There’s a juicy political beef playing out at LSU and it stems from – wait for it - - a social media comment. LSU prof Bob Mann called one of Attorney General Jeff Landry’s ranking employees a “flunkie” in a recent Twitter post. Which prompted Landry to lean on Mann’s boss. More from Sam Karlin. Valet shooting: A lot of people have been following stories about the fatal shooting of an Ace Hotel valet last weekend. The man who shot him, a social media influencer, spoke to our Ramon Vargas and gave an account of the fateful night that the victim's family disputes. Election day: Tomorrow's election day across the region. The big-ticket stuff in our area includes City Council and sheriff's races in New Orleans and the casino referendum in St. Tammany that has spawned a seemingly endless loop of TV commercials. You can find our politics coverage here, and our north shore coverage here. And do check NOLA.com Saturday night for the latest when the vote returns start coming in. Gothic Revival, and then gone: Finally, contributing writer-slash-history buff Mike Scott has another one from the "ain't there no more" collection: The ornate, 7-story building at Carondelet and Common streets that housed the offices of the English insurance conglomerate Liverpool, London and Globe. The building was celebrated, but it's run was short-lived - it was demolished just more than 30 years after it opened. Hope you enjoyed the Lunch Line. Thanks for taking a break with us today. BW |
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| Once seen as post-Katrina success story, New Orleans nonprofit has been hit by hurricane of lawsuits Read more |
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| Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, incensed by an LSU professor’s tweet calling his assistant a “flunky,” demanded this week that the university’s president do something to punish the professor. Read more |
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| A 37-year-old man who shot and killed a valet outside New Orleans’ Ace Hotel spoke out for the first time Thursday, saying that he was in his convertible with the top down when the attendant allegedly pistol-whipped him, demanded $100 and threatened to shoot him. Read more |
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| When it rose into the New Orleans skyline in 1895, it was declared a triumph — both a visual feast and a modern marvel, a castlelike structure standing seven stories at Carondelet and Common streets amid the other “skyscrapers” in the city’s then-thrumming financial district. Read more |
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| Scuba diving Santa is feeding the fish at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas again. Visitors to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas can catch a sight of Scuba Santa and take photos with him at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18. Read more |
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