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Editorial: The mayor’s interpretation of transparency and inclusiveness
The mayor’s interpretation of transparency and inclusiveness
5th December 2011
By Edmund W. Lewis
Editor, Louisiana Weekly
For those who expected things at City Hall to significantly improve and for there to be more justice, democracy, truthfulness and transparency from local elected officials, the past few months have been quite a wake-up call.
We’ve witnessed the mayor try his best… »
Progress report on the adoption of NolaStat recommendations
It’s been a year since Mitch Landrieu was inaugurated as Mayor of the City of New Orleans. How is the new Mayor doing at implementing NolaStat transparency and accountability recommendations?
Here are the findings obtained from research, community feedback, and a May 25th Q&A with administration officials.
In the report each of the four primary NolaStat recommendations… »
NolaStat is like “a big red light that flashes”
Lee Zurik has been doing some interesting reporting lately on financial abuse at public agencies.
In his ongoing report on the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Zurik reported that General Manager Jim Bridger spent $108,000 over three years on meals and liquor — all while earning an eye-popping $350,000 a year, making Bridger one of… »
French Quarter trash negotiations could use some freshening up
What’s the exact number of French Quarter small businesses, single-family dwellings, and multi-family dwellings with four or fewer units that are all eligible for SDT trash pickup?
Choose the best answer:
A) 3,188
B) 2,911
C) 5,000
D) 4,062
E) 6,500
This is not to make light of a serious quality of life issue in the Quarter, or the importance… »
Landrieu reforms budget process
Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued an executive order yesterday in City Council chambers to create a more “transparent and accountable process” for producing the annual budget.
Responding to criticisms of the previous administration’s budgeting process, Landrieu promised to obtain community input in determining budget priorities, and to provide more informative descriptions of revenue sources and the purpose… »
Questions & answers about the NOPD COMSTAT process
What is the New Orleans Police Department’s COMSTAT process? What should we know about it, and how should we evaluate it?
These are questions that remain unanswered by a story printed in today’s Times-Picayune.
One concern is that the process creates internal competitive pressures that can tend toward corruption of statistics.
But COMSTAT also has its share of… »
More agile human resources management needed to reform civil service
The civil service system used in New Orleans city government is decades behind the times, and is in desperate need of an overhaul, according to a report prepared by the George Bush School of Government & Public Service for the Business Council of New Orleans.
That conclusion should come as no surprise to anyone in New… »
Ronal Serpas is an excellent choice for NOPD police chief
As a civilian tech who supported the New Orleans Police Department COMSTAT process during the reform period of Superintendent Richard Pennington, I experienced firsthand the leadership exhibited by Ronal Serpas on a weekly basis for three years. While Pennington was setting the high-overview priorities to reform the NOPD (in partnership with federal authorities and change… »
Ensuring that task force recommendations are implemented
Mitch’s task forces align well with the NolaStat model for engaging departments in collaborative initiatives.
Stat-driven accountability processes work better if they’re focused on the outcomes that can be achieved when various government entities are assembled and engaged in issue areas such as crime, blight, health, economic development, and youth opportunities.
Progress is achieved when… »
“To help and defend”
New Orleans citizens didn’t need any confirmation of their fear that rogue behavior was metastasizing throughout the NOPD when the Department of Justice announced investigations into civil rights violations, including a conspiracy to cover up police shootings of unarmed citizens on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
The public already feared the… »
