Former boxer Gregory Davis, who lives in Eastover in New Orleans East has done what the City of New Orleans under the "leadership" of Nagin could not do:
He has opened a medical center in the East.
From the T.P.
he built a 1,600-square-foot primary health care clinic from scratch at 9890 Lake Forest Blvd. It opens Tuesday.
The Champion Medical Center, which stands literally in the shadow of the shuttered Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital, has an internal medicine specialist, a family practice doctor, a nurse practitioner and a medical assistant on staff to handle routine check-ups and a host of basic medical ailments.
It boasts three examination rooms, a doctor's office, a waiting room lobby and a small triage area for patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, coughs, colds, the common flu, stomach aches and minor cuts, said Cynthia Kudji, the staff nurse practitioner. The clinic also will perform Pap smears, breast exams, childhood immunizations and school and employee physicals, she said.
The clinic will handle up to 40 patients a day, Kudji said. It is open on Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Champion Medical Center addresses the shortage of medical care that has plagued the neighborhood since Hurricane Katrina, said Davis, a boxer who was born in Chicago and moved to Eastover when he was 9.
Meanwhile, Mayor Ray Nagin's administration has been working to buy Methodist Hospital since 2007, but the city and the hospital owners haven't agreed on a price. (sounds like 6 Flags debacle, doesn't it?) Both Nagin and outgoing recovery czar Ed Blakely have said a deal between the city and the hospital's handlers is close, though no one has predicted an exact date.
Pointing at Methodist's building from outside his clinic on Saturday, Davis said: "There wasn't time to wait for all that. We needed something now."
Bless Mr. Davis.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Preserving Charity
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation:
On Wednesday, May 27th, the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee will consider House Bill780. Sponsored by the committee’s Vice Chair, Representative Rick Nowlin, this measure would require LSU to have a financial plan for the proposed New Orleans medical center approved by the state legislature before being allowed to acquire any property.
Fiscal responsibility during a difficult economy means making sure that LSU has a sound business plan to operate its proposed $1.2 billion hospital before being allowed to buy or seize land in the New Orleans Mid-City neighborhood.
Fiscal responsibility also requires evaluating less expensive options. For instance, a state-of-the-art hospital could be built inside the gutted shell of Charity Hospital -- saving $283 million over new construction and opening years earlier, while avoiding the expropriation of private property.
Contact the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee members and ask them to support HB780 when they consider it on Wednesday, May 27th. I have provided each member's phone, fax and email address below.
Abramson, Neil C. 365 Canal Street Suite 2740 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 275-8051
fax (504) 568-3342 abramson@legis.state.la.us
Barrow, Regina 3552 Monterrey Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70814 (225)362-5837
fax(225)362-5839 larep029@legis.state.la.us
Burford, Richard T. 671 Hwy. 171 Suite E Stonewall, LA 71078 (318)925-9588
fax (318)925-9590 burfordr@legis.state.la.us
Doerge, Jean M. 732 Main Street Minden, LA 71055 (318)371-3092
fax (318)371-3093 larep010@legis.state.la.us
Hill, Dorothy Sue 529 Tramel Road Dry Creek, LA 70637 (800)259-2118
fax (337)639-4045 hilld@legis.state.la.us
Hines, Walker 5500 Prytania Street #626 New Orleans, LA 70115 (504)756-4675
fax (504)553-5324 hinesw@legis.state.la.us
Jackson, Michael 660 N. Foster, Ste. A-214 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225)342-0774
fax (225)922-1060 larep061@legis.state.la.us
Johnson, Robert A. P.O. Box 467 Marksville, LA 71351 (318)253-8891
fax (318)253-6377 johnsoro@legis.state.la.us
Katz, Kay 207 C Louisville Avenue Monroe, LA 71201-5823 (318)340-0800
fax (318)340-0911 larep016@legis.state.la.us
LaBruzzo, John 3331 Severn Ave., Ste. 204 Metairie, LA 70002 (504)833-7788
fax (504)212-7644 larep081@legis.state.la.us
LeBas, H. Bernard 115 Southwest Railroad Ave. Ville Platte, LA 70586 (337)363-0152
fax (337)363-0179 lebasb@legis.state.la.us
Mills, Fred H. Jr. 1010 Martin Street Parks, LA 70582 (337)845-4240
fax (337)845-4095 larep046@legis.state.la.us
Nowlin, Rickey L. 816 University Parkway Suite C Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318)357-7048 fax (318)357-7044 nowlinr@legis.state.la.us
Pope, J. Rogers P.O. Box 555 Denham Springs, LA 70727 (225)667-3588
fax (225)667-3590 poper@legis.state.la.us
Simon, Scott M. P.O. Box 1297 Abita Springs, LA 70420 (985)893-6246
fax (985)893-6247 simons@legis.state.la.us
Williams, Patrick 609 Texas Street 1st Floor Shreveport, LA 71101 (318)676-5990
fax (318)676-5992 larep004@legis.state.la.us
Willmott, Thomas P. 2002 20th Street Suite 204-A Kenner, LA 70062 (504)465-3479
fax (504)465-3481 willmott@legis.state.la.us
Here's an example of an email to send to the members, provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation:
A homeowner shouldn't expect a home renovation to go well without an architectural plan. A small business owner wouldn't expect his new business venture to succeed without a business plan. Common sense dictates that the same should be true of LSU's proposed $1.2 billion medical center in New Orleans.
Therefore, we urge you to approve HB780 when it comes up before the Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday, May 27. HB780 precludes LSU from proceeding with land acquisition for its proposed $1.2 billion Health Care Center without a plan.
In these difficult financial times, it is fiscally responsible to ensure that a sound business plan exists before LSU is allowed to move forward on property acquisition for its $1.2 billion Medical Center project. It is also fiscally responsible to look at alternatives incorporating the reuse of Charity Hospital, which could be faster and cheaper while requiring significantly less expropriation of private property.
New information is emerging about LSU and its plans on a regular basis. Recently it was revealed that LSU plans to take twice as much land as needed for the $1.2 billion proposal. We need to get all the facts on the table before you make a decision and before you allow LSU to take people's property for proposed future commercial development.
Please approve HB 780.
On Wednesday, May 27th, the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee will consider House Bill780. Sponsored by the committee’s Vice Chair, Representative Rick Nowlin, this measure would require LSU to have a financial plan for the proposed New Orleans medical center approved by the state legislature before being allowed to acquire any property.
Fiscal responsibility during a difficult economy means making sure that LSU has a sound business plan to operate its proposed $1.2 billion hospital before being allowed to buy or seize land in the New Orleans Mid-City neighborhood.
Fiscal responsibility also requires evaluating less expensive options. For instance, a state-of-the-art hospital could be built inside the gutted shell of Charity Hospital -- saving $283 million over new construction and opening years earlier, while avoiding the expropriation of private property.
Contact the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee members and ask them to support HB780 when they consider it on Wednesday, May 27th. I have provided each member's phone, fax and email address below.
Abramson, Neil C. 365 Canal Street Suite 2740 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 275-8051
fax (504) 568-3342 abramson@legis.state.la.us
Barrow, Regina 3552 Monterrey Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70814 (225)362-5837
fax(225)362-5839 larep029@legis.state.la.us
Burford, Richard T. 671 Hwy. 171 Suite E Stonewall, LA 71078 (318)925-9588
fax (318)925-9590 burfordr@legis.state.la.us
Doerge, Jean M. 732 Main Street Minden, LA 71055 (318)371-3092
fax (318)371-3093 larep010@legis.state.la.us
Hill, Dorothy Sue 529 Tramel Road Dry Creek, LA 70637 (800)259-2118
fax (337)639-4045 hilld@legis.state.la.us
Hines, Walker 5500 Prytania Street #626 New Orleans, LA 70115 (504)756-4675
fax (504)553-5324 hinesw@legis.state.la.us
Jackson, Michael 660 N. Foster, Ste. A-214 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225)342-0774
fax (225)922-1060 larep061@legis.state.la.us
Johnson, Robert A. P.O. Box 467 Marksville, LA 71351 (318)253-8891
fax (318)253-6377 johnsoro@legis.state.la.us
Katz, Kay 207 C Louisville Avenue Monroe, LA 71201-5823 (318)340-0800
fax (318)340-0911 larep016@legis.state.la.us
LaBruzzo, John 3331 Severn Ave., Ste. 204 Metairie, LA 70002 (504)833-7788
fax (504)212-7644 larep081@legis.state.la.us
LeBas, H. Bernard 115 Southwest Railroad Ave. Ville Platte, LA 70586 (337)363-0152
fax (337)363-0179 lebasb@legis.state.la.us
Mills, Fred H. Jr. 1010 Martin Street Parks, LA 70582 (337)845-4240
fax (337)845-4095 larep046@legis.state.la.us
Nowlin, Rickey L. 816 University Parkway Suite C Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318)357-7048 fax (318)357-7044 nowlinr@legis.state.la.us
Pope, J. Rogers P.O. Box 555 Denham Springs, LA 70727 (225)667-3588
fax (225)667-3590 poper@legis.state.la.us
Simon, Scott M. P.O. Box 1297 Abita Springs, LA 70420 (985)893-6246
fax (985)893-6247 simons@legis.state.la.us
Williams, Patrick 609 Texas Street 1st Floor Shreveport, LA 71101 (318)676-5990
fax (318)676-5992 larep004@legis.state.la.us
Willmott, Thomas P. 2002 20th Street Suite 204-A Kenner, LA 70062 (504)465-3479
fax (504)465-3481 willmott@legis.state.la.us
Here's an example of an email to send to the members, provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation:
A homeowner shouldn't expect a home renovation to go well without an architectural plan. A small business owner wouldn't expect his new business venture to succeed without a business plan. Common sense dictates that the same should be true of LSU's proposed $1.2 billion medical center in New Orleans.
Therefore, we urge you to approve HB780 when it comes up before the Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday, May 27. HB780 precludes LSU from proceeding with land acquisition for its proposed $1.2 billion Health Care Center without a plan.
In these difficult financial times, it is fiscally responsible to ensure that a sound business plan exists before LSU is allowed to move forward on property acquisition for its $1.2 billion Medical Center project. It is also fiscally responsible to look at alternatives incorporating the reuse of Charity Hospital, which could be faster and cheaper while requiring significantly less expropriation of private property.
New information is emerging about LSU and its plans on a regular basis. Recently it was revealed that LSU plans to take twice as much land as needed for the $1.2 billion proposal. We need to get all the facts on the table before you make a decision and before you allow LSU to take people's property for proposed future commercial development.
Please approve HB 780.
Mistruths abound
Lawsuit Aims to Prevent Razing of New Orleans Historic District
From Architectural Record, a story about a lawsuit that is attempting to stop the deconstruction of the Mid City Historical District to make way for a politically motivated project to build a new VA Hospital and an LSU Teaching Hospital.
Within the article is this statement
"The LSU facility would replace the university’s former teaching hospital, Charity Hospital (1939), designed by Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth. The Art Deco-style building suffered severe flood damage during Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. "
However, a visit to savecharityhospital dot com
tells us that the hospital was cleaned up by September 21, 2005 but then boarded up, probably by the crew who want the shiny new hospitals.
While Charity sustained serious damages due to Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failure, only the basement took on flood waters. Within weeks of the storm, teams of doctors and guardsmen had pumped the building dry, decontaminated the first three floors, and readied the hospital to provide care to returning residents.
In a sworn statement by Dr. James Moises, an ER doctor at Charity Hospital and clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine for LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans at the time of the storm
"It took ten days to pump all the water out of the basement, while most of the workers, including me, were cleaning and decontaminating the first three floors, removing biodegradables from the first 14 floors, boarding windows and weatherproofing the building in a preliminary way. Specifically I recollect that the Navy Seabees boarded up every broken window in the building.
The cleanup was essentially complete by September 21. I observed at that time that the first three floors were spotless. Electric power had been restored, and the air conditioning was functioning..."
Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré ordered some of his troops from the 82nd Airborne division to assist in those cleanup efforts. Honoré has been outspoken about this and has written previously that the storm was "used as an opportunity to close the doors of Charity Hospital," a pretext or justification not based on the actual condition of the building. Just last week, Honoré went on the record again, excoriating LSU for continuing to base it's FEMA appeal on the false claim that Charity was beyond repair, "LSU needs to pay for its own damn hospital."
Staff Seargent James A. Johnson is a 20-year veteran of the United States Army in the 205th Engineering Battalion. A specialist in electric power systems and the restoration of electricity in disaster situations, Johnson served three tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan before being called in to restore order to New Orleans in 2005. Johnson has received military awards for his service here.
He has also given a sworn affidavit about his work to reopen Charity Hospital.
"Between September 7 and September 19, 2005, I personally witnessed and participated in the complete restoration of the first and second and parts of the third floor of Charity Hospital."
And recently, Congressman Joseph Cao sent a letter to President Obama stating
"Charity Hospital was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina..."
I'm not sure why a Congressman would make such an inaccurate statement unless he's in cahoots with the "let's build shiny new hospital" krewe. Shame on him if he is.
Go here to read why saving Charity Hospital and Mid City matters .
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From Architectural Record, a story about a lawsuit that is attempting to stop the deconstruction of the Mid City Historical District to make way for a politically motivated project to build a new VA Hospital and an LSU Teaching Hospital.
Within the article is this statement
"The LSU facility would replace the university’s former teaching hospital, Charity Hospital (1939), designed by Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth. The Art Deco-style building suffered severe flood damage during Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. "
However, a visit to savecharityhospital dot com
tells us that the hospital was cleaned up by September 21, 2005 but then boarded up, probably by the crew who want the shiny new hospitals.
While Charity sustained serious damages due to Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failure, only the basement took on flood waters. Within weeks of the storm, teams of doctors and guardsmen had pumped the building dry, decontaminated the first three floors, and readied the hospital to provide care to returning residents.
In a sworn statement by Dr. James Moises, an ER doctor at Charity Hospital and clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine for LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans at the time of the storm
"It took ten days to pump all the water out of the basement, while most of the workers, including me, were cleaning and decontaminating the first three floors, removing biodegradables from the first 14 floors, boarding windows and weatherproofing the building in a preliminary way. Specifically I recollect that the Navy Seabees boarded up every broken window in the building.
The cleanup was essentially complete by September 21. I observed at that time that the first three floors were spotless. Electric power had been restored, and the air conditioning was functioning..."
Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré ordered some of his troops from the 82nd Airborne division to assist in those cleanup efforts. Honoré has been outspoken about this and has written previously that the storm was "used as an opportunity to close the doors of Charity Hospital," a pretext or justification not based on the actual condition of the building. Just last week, Honoré went on the record again, excoriating LSU for continuing to base it's FEMA appeal on the false claim that Charity was beyond repair, "LSU needs to pay for its own damn hospital."
Staff Seargent James A. Johnson is a 20-year veteran of the United States Army in the 205th Engineering Battalion. A specialist in electric power systems and the restoration of electricity in disaster situations, Johnson served three tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan before being called in to restore order to New Orleans in 2005. Johnson has received military awards for his service here.
He has also given a sworn affidavit about his work to reopen Charity Hospital.
"Between September 7 and September 19, 2005, I personally witnessed and participated in the complete restoration of the first and second and parts of the third floor of Charity Hospital."
And recently, Congressman Joseph Cao sent a letter to President Obama stating
"Charity Hospital was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina..."
I'm not sure why a Congressman would make such an inaccurate statement unless he's in cahoots with the "let's build shiny new hospital" krewe. Shame on him if he is.
Go here to read why saving Charity Hospital and Mid City matters .
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Scuzzbucket of the Week
from metroblogs:
State representative Jonathan Perry (R-Abbeville), is sponsoring a bill that insists children’s birth certificates can only include the names of married parents or single individuals. It is targeted directly at GLBT couples, who obviously can’t marry in the great state of Louisiana.
Not only is the legislation mean-spirited and homophobic, but it’s also an endangerment to kids. For example: if a kid and one of his GLBT moms were in an accident, the other GLBT mom would have to go through a fair chunk of legal maneuvering to ensure visitation and other rights to care for the child. And that’s just one of many unpleasant scenarios.
Here's a list of all those who voted FOR this bill
The vote now goes to the Senate.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Evacuee Quote
From the Good Children blog, a quote from a California evacuee that - if said by a New Orleanian - would be front page news.
Hmmm
Hmmm
Friday, May 08, 2009
Scuzzbucket of the Week
Redneck cajun judge Timothy Ellender.
You'd think that this person would've learned something from the diversity and sensitivity training he was probably ordered to attend during his suspension as a result of this incident: click on photo for larger version
Apparently judge Ellender was never taught to shut up when he has nothing nice to say. He seems to have a history going too far bad mouthing people.
In his most recent loss of civility was directed at a battered woman
looking for a restraining order against her spouse
Judge Timothy Ellender refused to keep in place an emergency restraining order obtained by Eula Smith Warren, telling her she could get a divorce but not a restraining order. He also congratulated her husband, Charles Warren, for threatening to make his 2-year-old daughter’s “booty bleed” if she didn’t behave herself....
This scuzzbucket has been brought before the Louisiana Supreme Court to answer allegations. Let's hope - based on his history - he gets more than a slap on the wrist.
You'd think that this person would've learned something from the diversity and sensitivity training he was probably ordered to attend during his suspension as a result of this incident: click on photo for larger version
Apparently judge Ellender was never taught to shut up when he has nothing nice to say. He seems to have a history going too far bad mouthing people.
In his most recent loss of civility was directed at a battered woman
looking for a restraining order against her spouse
Judge Timothy Ellender refused to keep in place an emergency restraining order obtained by Eula Smith Warren, telling her she could get a divorce but not a restraining order. He also congratulated her husband, Charles Warren, for threatening to make his 2-year-old daughter’s “booty bleed” if she didn’t behave herself....
This scuzzbucket has been brought before the Louisiana Supreme Court to answer allegations. Let's hope - based on his history - he gets more than a slap on the wrist.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Thanks, Syracuse
A big southern thanks goes out to Syracuse New York.
Operation Southern Comfort hosted its second annual Crawfish Festival to help build a house in the 9th Ward.
There was twice as much crawfish at this year's festival, totaling 3,000 pounds.
Their mission statement:
to restore hope to the people of the Gulf Coast by rebuilding homes one at a time.
Thank you all for not forgetting and for continuing to think of the victims of Katrina. It does my heart good to know there are caring people out there.
Operation Southern Comfort hosted its second annual Crawfish Festival to help build a house in the 9th Ward.
There was twice as much crawfish at this year's festival, totaling 3,000 pounds.
Their mission statement:
to restore hope to the people of the Gulf Coast by rebuilding homes one at a time.
Thank you all for not forgetting and for continuing to think of the victims of Katrina. It does my heart good to know there are caring people out there.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
News Notes
Katrina trial: New Orleans' truth commission
These two items made their way into the news the same day (April 22, 2009).
The MRGO is finally closed to navigation traffic after years of dedicated people fighting for this.
Six people are going to court to testify about their experiences during and after the storm. These people lost everything due to the MRGO.
From the csmonitor dot com:
This "first real Katrina trial" could pave the way for a class-action lawsuit against the Corps, as well as set the tone for future US coastal policy.
It's the only one of a series of lawsuits that Judge Stanwood Duval, Jr., has allowed to go to trial. US tort laws protect the Corps from damages directly related to flood control and levees. But the topic at the center of the case is a US navigation channel, not a flood-control project, so Judge Duval permitted the case.
"Someone has to take responsibility, if only to make sure processes and policy are improved and grievances are addressed," says Dr. Silas Lee, a sociologist at Xavier University in New Orleans, who adds that uncertainty over the city's flood control has stymied the return of a third of the city's residents. "People want closure to this."
To all those out there who will criticize and dislike Katrina survivors, ask yourself if you could experience this:
In the Lower Ninth Ward, Jimmy Braxton's sister climbed with her two small kids into the attic. Holding the kids, she craned for air as the water rose. Another relative swam to the house and busted through the roof. She had to let go of one of the kids to reach through the hole. Only one child survived.
The MRGO was created in 1960s,when the motto was "build anything". The waterway provided an alternate and shorter route for cargo ships from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.
Coastal geologists have testified that the MRGO has also increased salinity in the storm-slowing swamps, marshes, and tupelo stands that protected New Orleans' east side, killing much of the vegetation.
From Save Our Lake dot org, is a publication that helped close the cover on MRGO's coffin.
The MRGO created "great pipe" to move storm surges straight into the city. In the late 90's - after 30 years of warnings - the Corps began moving to close MRGO, but "dragged its heels," according to expert witnessDr. Sherwood Gagliano, CEO of the Baton Rouge-based Coastal Environments, Inc.. A veteran advocate for the Louisiana coast and Louisiana's oldest coastal engineer, Gagliano states the dangers posed by MRGO amounted to "Coastal Geology 101." "One of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the US" was both predictable and preventable.
Gagliano has testified that a series of studies had warned of MRGO's impacts as far back as 1958, the year construction began. The threats included salination overload of sensitive freshwater swamps and erosion that would widen the channel over time. A 1984 Corps report acknowledged that large portions of St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes could be "exposed to a direct hurricane attack" because of a looming breach in the channel connecting it to Lake Borgne to the east.
I'm hoping that this one time victory is for the victims.
Katrina Recycling Project
After Hurricane Katrina gutted at least ten feet of the three story home, leaving only a skeleton of the original structure, a Waveland family is rebuilding using something else the storm destroyed: pine trees.
"They were all destroyed from the salt water from the hurricane as were the pine trees at Buccaneer State Park," Dr.Elliott Black said.
After getting the okay, Dr. Black moved hundreds of the park's dead pine trees to his Waveland property. Some of the trees were more than a century old. Now he's using the timber to rebuild his Hancock County home.
"Doing it this way is a slower process than doing it the other way," Dr. Black said.
"It goes through a drying process, a cooking process a curing process and then it gets cut on a sawmill," said James Ferrill a foreman overseeing the project.
"This is by far one of the biggest challenges I have ever taken," Ferrill said.
The home will maintain most of its original features, plus a few new ones like an elevator, an expanded porch and bigger bedrooms. And while the project is lengthy, both men are optimistic they will be pleased with the results.
The Blacks say it will take about a year to finish the home. However, they hope to move back in within the next six months.
"They were all destroyed from the salt water from the hurricane as were the pine trees at Buccaneer State Park," Dr.Elliott Black said.
After getting the okay, Dr. Black moved hundreds of the park's dead pine trees to his Waveland property. Some of the trees were more than a century old. Now he's using the timber to rebuild his Hancock County home.
"Doing it this way is a slower process than doing it the other way," Dr. Black said.
"It goes through a drying process, a cooking process a curing process and then it gets cut on a sawmill," said James Ferrill a foreman overseeing the project.
"This is by far one of the biggest challenges I have ever taken," Ferrill said.
The home will maintain most of its original features, plus a few new ones like an elevator, an expanded porch and bigger bedrooms. And while the project is lengthy, both men are optimistic they will be pleased with the results.
The Blacks say it will take about a year to finish the home. However, they hope to move back in within the next six months.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Kill the Culture
In the last two weeks, there have been two high profile murder cases that involved the death of four innocent people.
Just yesterday the bodies of Calysse Perkins and Fitzgerald Phillips were found in an empty house. Perkins was killed because she was with Phillips when his dealing with illegal drugs caught up with him.
Calysse was a literacy tutor, someone who wanted to help those who could not read or write. She's gone because young men who obviously know no other life other than the thug-gangsta or whatever it's called lifestyle killed her in cold blood.
Last week there was an execution-style triple murder in Terrytown. Two of the three murdered were 6 years old and 23 months old; also shot was an 11-year-old girl.
It's beyond madness now, this "war" that's going on.
Cliff talks about the fact that the culture that breeds the thugs must be stopped. I couldn't agree more.
Just yesterday the bodies of Calysse Perkins and Fitzgerald Phillips were found in an empty house. Perkins was killed because she was with Phillips when his dealing with illegal drugs caught up with him.
Calysse was a literacy tutor, someone who wanted to help those who could not read or write. She's gone because young men who obviously know no other life other than the thug-gangsta or whatever it's called lifestyle killed her in cold blood.
Last week there was an execution-style triple murder in Terrytown. Two of the three murdered were 6 years old and 23 months old; also shot was an 11-year-old girl.
It's beyond madness now, this "war" that's going on.
Cliff talks about the fact that the culture that breeds the thugs must be stopped. I couldn't agree more.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Scuzzbucket of the Week
Pauline R. Malone, a 30 year employee at Regions Bank, transferred thousands of dollars out of an 80 year old victim's account several times a month for about a year, totaling to about $65K.
from the T.P:
When she was brought in for questioning, Malone told investigators she began making the transfers after convincing the victim to loan her $7,000 last April, Foltz said. She told investigators she planned to repay the money and detectives discovered at least four credits of $100 each in the victim's account, he said.
Malone told investigators she gambled with the money she took and used some of it to pay her bills, Foltz said.
It is the policy of Regions to reimburse the victim fully in these kinds of cases, said Evelyn Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the bank.
There is evidence that Malone may have taken up to $10,000 from another victim over the last six weeks, and investigators are trying to locate that victim's family, Foltz said.
Malone was booked into Slidell's city jail on Friday with two counts each of theft, identity theft and bank fraud. She is being held on a $30,000 bond.
Good ole Pauline looks like she'll be quite comfy in womens' prison.
May she rot there.
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