Well you gotta eat

Today the Times Picayune reminds us a 1929 streetcar strike is credited as the birth time of the iconic po'boy sandwich. More about the origins here.

Victor Bussie (1919-2011)

The Times Picayune today reported on the September 4th death of Victor Bussie. Bussie served as the head of the Louisiana AFL-CIO for 41 years until his 1997 retirement. The article provides an interesting overview of Bussie's career.

Saints players react to labor issue

Mike Triplett has a great piece in the Times Picayune about the Saint's players comments on  the breakdown in negotiations for the new CBA. Saint's quarterback Drew Brees is quoted as are many others. The PR war has already started, but these Saints provide an articulate defense to the players position. A word of caution to the fan following this issue. Network reports on the lockout have every reason to be biased in favor of the owners. Not only do they owe the owners $4 billion if the games are not played, they have to negotiate television rights with those same owners. Expect the owners to get better than even treatment and coverage.

Local ACORN eated

Updated 10/24/09: The Times Picayune reports recently ousted Louisiana ACORN Executive Director, Beth Butler, and other local ACORN leaders have scheduled a news conference today. National ACORN leadership has moved to impose "provisional administratorship" on the organization's Louisiana Chapter. Previously the Times Picayune, reported local ACORN leaders are not taking it. Butler claims a new local ACORN organization is going to open offices soon. Its a safe bet we'll see something like ACORN LA v. ACORN USA, Civil Action 2009 . . .  filed for decision by a person who wears black robes and wields a gavel. ACORN has been closely allied with the SEIU, both locally and nationally.

Acorn $5M embezzlement

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell is investigating allegations that the price of embezzlement at ACORN was $5,000,000.00 rather than the one million dollars previously reported as repaid. According to the Times Picayune a subpoena has issued for records from more than one entity. My, My! More on the ACORN/SEIU connection and corruption here.