Houma Representative Tanner Magee sent a blistering letter to the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness criticizing their slow progress setting up temporary trailers for those displaced by Ida. GOHSEP says they’re beefing up staff to speed things up, but Magee says the contractor is not being held accountable.
Only 13 trailers have been distributed despite more than a thousand purchased.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell opposes Constitutional Amendment One on the November ballot. The measure creates a centralized sales tax commission to collect and use taxes. And because there are not a lot of “heavy turnout” races or issues on the ballot, except for the New Orleans mayoral race, La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says, her voice could play a role in the amendment’s fate.
Cut 6 (07) “…noticeable development.”
LSU students marched Monday calling out administrators for not holding Chair of the Department of French Studies accountable for ignoring Title IX complaints. LSU Student and Outreach Chair for Feminist in Action Paola Colmenares says they are demanding the school hold rapists accountable….
Six plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the university claiming Chair Adelaide Russo allowed a graduate student and employee to return to the department and repeat his predatory behavior despite awaiting trial for a 2018 rape arrest.
Louisiana is observing National Teen Driver Safety Week as state police is trying to bring awareness about the causes of crashes that left 95 teens dead last year Trooper Thomas Gossen.
Cut 7 (04) “…behind the wheel.”