The 4th Anniversary of Katrina was a day of mixed emotions. I began my day at the dedication of the plaque at the Katrina Memorial/Charity Hospital Cemetery. The plaque and memorial honors those lost due to the storm and those still unclaimed. The ceremony was an opportunity to pay respect for each life lost as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
It has been four years since the levees surrounding New Orleans gave way in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Four years since the disaster destroyed nearly 100,000 units of housing, displaced more than one million Gulf Coast residents, and crippled the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Southeastern Louisiana.
A few days before attending my 1st Netroots Nation Conference, I decided to publish a diary to announce my travel plans. I also plugged my partner James Perry, a candidate for Mayor of New Orleans, who was appearing on a panel discussing the recovery of New Orleans.
I’m running for Mayor to bring long needed transformative change to the City of New Orleans. It is time for us to have the New Orleans that we all deserve, instead of the New Orleans we have.
New Orleans mayoral candidate James Perry was meeting with his staff around 5:20 p.m., Wednesday, when what he described as a “fierce gun battle” erupted outside his Mid-City campaign headquarters.
James Perry, as a taxpayer in good standing, filed a request for a preliminary injunction today against the Nagin Administration in Civil District Court.
“The gun battle outside my campaign headquarters brings home a point many of us know all too well: we will not be able to move forward as a city until we solve our public safety crisis.”
New Orleans, LA – James Perry, New Orleans Mayoral candidate, released the following statement on yesterday’s decision by Mayor Ray Nagin to suspend the City’s Economic Development Council.
James Perry, New Orleans Mayoral Candidate: “Yesterday’s decision by the Mayor is yet another example of politics impeding New Orleans’ progress. What should have been a [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alex Morgan, 206-331-2009
DATE: June 17, 2009
Calls on Full House to Reject and, if Necessary the Governor to Veto this Attempt to Overturn the Will of the Voters and Jeopardize the Completion and Adoption of the Master Plan
New Orleans, LA – James Perry, New Orleans Mayoral candidate, released the following statement on [...]
Dear Friends, Like people across, America, at 2:00 pm today, I observed the National Moment of Silence. Today, as we wrestle with questions around the ongoing Iraq War, torture and the future the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, one thing becomes clear. The life changing sacrifice and commitment that each American soldier undertakes [...]
