The election of Mitch as mayor with 66% of the vote was a landslide. In the election map completed for NolaStat (3 MB PDF), it’s… »
Raising Awareness
Congratulations Mitch!
The election of Mitch as mayor with 66% of the vote was a landslide. In the election map completed for NolaStat (3 MB PDF), it’s clear that Mitch won every precinct except for one near Lake Catherine where Georges picked up 12 votes to get the majority. The attached map clearly shows that Mitch won… »
An engine for increasing the velocity of democracy
It’s an accepted truth that a healthy democracy requires citizens who participate in the civic life of their communities, and who engage with government institutions. But while civic participation is vital for a healthy democracy, it’s an inadequate prescription.
Government institutions also have to effectively engage and respond to citizen concerns, and by extension, government institutions… »
What gets measured gets done
New Orleans is remarkably similar to Baltimore …
When Martin O’Malley was sworn in as mayor of Baltimore in 1999, he inherited a $153 million deficit and 16,000 city employees who, he said, were “wallowing in a culture of failure.” O’Malley identified the source of citizen frustration with Baltimore’s high crime rate, failing schools and broken… »
NolaStat Powerpoint presentation
A NolaStat presentation was delivered to the steering committee of EngageNOLA on October 12th. This was merely a briefing to inform interested members of the ideas offered in the NolaStat policy reform.
EngageNOLA is not endorsing policy issues, but is motivated by an intereste in raising education and discourse on issues of interest to voters:
EngageNOLA is… »
Eric Asher talks about the NolaStat Policy Reform on 690 AM
Listen here
If you go to the WIST archive, the interview starts at about 25 minutes into the 2 p.m. hour on the 9/17/09… »
NolaStat video presentation to the New Orleans City Council
Barack the data! from NolaStat on… »
“The record-keeping, we’re finding … is not that good”
Data on-line could jump-start activism, The Times-Picayune, August 23, 2008
Just as Katrina’s surge brought to our attention the fallibility of our storm protection system, the New Orleans Affordable Homeownership scandal is a sign that the city’s essential records management systems, upon which the administration of government services and recovery activities depend, have failed us…. »
