The key to Susan Guidry’s victory over Jay Batt was two-fold:
1) Batt lost more voters between the primary and the runoff elections. Turnout remained stronger for Guidry than for Batt.
2) Guidry gained voters in a number of precincts — including precincts where Batt ran strong in the primary — and most notably in Lakeview precincts,… »
Attorney and neighborhood organizer Susan Guidry soundly defeated Jay Batt in the March 6th runoff for the District A City Council seat. Guidry earned roughly 3200 more votes than her opponent, ending Batt’s attempt to regain the seat after he was defeated by Shelley Midura… »
Government Technology’s March issue focuses on 25 people who cut through the public sector’s infamous barriers to innovation — tight budgets, organizational inertia, politics as usual, etc. — to reshape government operations for the… »
Seattle is the next city to follow in the footsteps of open data reforms implemented by San Francisco, New York City, the District of Columbia, and other cities. Data.Seattle.gov is… »
President Obama’s Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has initiated a new accountability process to reduce waste and manage the success of federal IT projects.
TechStat accountability sessions will inform management decisions… »
After spending millions of taxpayer dollars to professional services contractors, in a secret bidding and award process, on the city’s 311 system, including an “upgrade” to connect the system to… »
In a city with a low-wage economy, those most hurt by government mismanagement and inefficiency are the working poor.
Now, HUD provides evidence of yet another government failure that hurts… »
Final election maps — the February 6th, 2010 City Council races:
District A
District B
District C
District D
District… »
The City Council At-Large race is an election in which the winners are the top two vote earners whose totals are more than 25 percent. Current At-Large Council Member Arnie… »
In the race to elect a single assessor for the first time in New Orleans history, reform candidate Janis Lemle came up short.
Withstanding a political smear campaign, Lemle retained… »
