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2006
December
Memories fill the void on a block in New Orleans (Los Angeles Times, 12/25/06)
Recovery czar speaks with insurer (Times-Picayune, 12/7/06)

November
Karen Carter's legal contracts draw fire (Times-Picayune, 11/19/06)
Editorial: Change has come (Times-Picayune, 11/9/06)
Anti-crime officials discuss rise in violence (Times-Picayune, 11/9/06)
Letten: New Orleans' future depends on tackling crime, corruption (Associated Press, 11/8/06)
Editorial: Creating an inspector general (Times-Picayune, 11/1/06)
Lowball taxes may yet save assessors' jobs (Times-Picayune, 11/1/06)

October
Assessors can vary widely in policies (Times-Picayune, 10/30/06)
Car tax runs into challenge at polls (Times-Picayune, 10/30/06)
Nagin vanishes on assessor issue (Times-Picayune, 1/29/06)
Blanco pushing N.O. assessor reform (Times-Picayune, 10/24/06)
New Orleans faces public housing dilemma: Build it right or build it fast? (Newhouse News Service, 10/20/06)
Changes suggested for plan to establish inspector general (Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/17/06)
Subpoena power pushed for N.O. inspector general (CityBusiness, 10/16/06)
Low-profile agency gains blight-bust powers (Times-Picayune, 10/11/06)

September
Voters consider limits on government taking of land (Associated Press, 9/28/06)
Editorial: Vote on amendments (Times-Picayune, 9/28/06)
Schools want state to back off mandates (Times-Picayune, 9/28/06)
Levee board redo coming to a vote (Times-Picayune, 9/25/06)
Schools, streets, trees top most planning lists (Times-Picayune, 9/23/06)
Broader homestead exemption on ballot (Times-Picayune, 9/21/06)
HANO set to keep city's ball rolling (Times-Picayune, 9/21/06)
Coastal project financing tops ballot list (Times-Picayune, 9/19/06)
Concentrated poverty concerns BGR greatly (CityBusiness, 9/18/06)
Warning on subsidized housing help (New Orleans Magazine, 9/16/06)
N.O. woman blasts 'code word' for poor (Baton Rouge Advocate, 9/15/06)
Plaza Tower group balks at tax deal (Times Picayune, 9/9/06)
LRA's rental program criticized (Times-Picayune, 9/9/06)
Recovery czar would clarify city's uncertain future (CityBusiness, 9/4/06)

August

Outlines Emerge for a Shaken New Orleans (New York Times, 8/27/06)
N.O. 'staged' for recovery, but faces challenges (Associated Press, 8/25/06)
Plaza Tower tax break has tentative OK (Times-Picayune, 8/25/06)
Tax break sought on tower (Times-Picayune, 8/24/06)
The Lost Year (The New Yorker, 8/21/06)
Letter: Give master plan the force of law (Times-Picayune, 8/21/06)
Group calls for new planning process (New Orleans Magazine, 8/12/06)
N.O. urged to revamp land use policies (Times-Picayune, 8/4/06)
BGR wants to pull council's land use powers (CityBusiness, 8/3/06)

July
Ethics idea has support on N.O. council (Times-Picayune, 7/13/06)
Council wants its planners retained (Times-Picayune, 7/1/06)

June
Riverfront growth vision nearing OK (Times-Picayune, 6/26/06)
Various recovery planners might coalesce (Times-Picayune, 6/16/06)
TP Loving Cup awarded to Louis Freeman (Times-Picayune, 6/12/06)
Changing the system vs. changing the subject (Times-Picayune, 6/6/06)
1-assessor bill clears key hurdle in House (Times-Picayune, 6/6/06)
New Orleans bank loans (Bayou Buzz, 6/5/06)
Residents discuss concerns with council (Times-Picayune, 6/4/06)
On the money (Times-Picayune, 6/4/06)
Blanco may do horse-trading on assessors vote (Times-Picayune, 6/3/06)
La. Gov. Blanco and Ray Nagin: N.O. needs one assessor (Bayou Buzz, 6/2/06)
PAR says consolidate New Orleans Assessors (PAR, 6/1/06)

May
The unusual nature of Ray Nagin's victory (Louisiana Weekly, 5/29/06)
State and city to talk recovery (Times-Picayune, 5/27/06)
City secures line of credit (Times-Picayune, 5/16/06)
Letter: View contract for yourself (Times-Picayune, 5/15/06)
BGR rips City Council for no-bid contract (CityBusiness, 5/15/06)
Letter: Planning contract was awarded properly (Times-Picayune, 5/11/06)
Planning contract process under fire (Times-Picayune, 5/9/06)
Experts disagree on N.O. bankruptcy (CityBusiness, 5/8/06)

April
Backers of bloated assessor system try new ploy (Lafayette Advertiser, 4/20/06)
Editorial: More than a placeholder (Times-Picayune, 4/25/06)
Mayoral candidates still leery of pledge (Times Picayune, 4/20/06)
Money is city's biggest worry (Times Picayune, 4/16/06)
Candidates offers plans for N.O. financial crisis (Times Picayune, 4/16/06)
BGR criticizes housing recovery plan (Times Picayune, 4/14/06)
La. rebuilding plan is under attack (Times Picayune, 4/14/06)
Assessor election takes on new value (Times Picayune, 4/14/06)
Bills push consolidation in N.O. (Times Picayune, 4/13/06)
Our Views: Facing red ink after Katrina (Baton Rouge Advocate, 4/13/06)
Louisiana Treasurer Calls for Bonds, Not Bankruptcy (Bond Buyer, 4/12/06)
The Elephant in the Room (Gambit, 4/11/06)
Cash-strapped city, school board must weigh options (CityBusiness, 4/10/06)
Watchdog Groups Unsure of City Bankruptcy Option (CityBusiness, 4/10/06)
Ray Nagin: Renegade Must Now Run On His Record (
Times Picayune, 4/10/06)
Pundit Packs Yucks, Yells into Speech on Recovery (
Times Picayune, 4/7/06)
Study Says City Should Weigh Bankruptcy (Times Picayune, 4/6/06)
Half Full, Half Empty or Plain Broken? (Times Picayune, 4/6/06)
N.O. Urged to Consider Bankruptcy
(Baton Rouge Advocate, 4/6/06)
 

March
All 'IQs' Taken Off Ballots (Times Picayune, 3/28/06)
Editorial: Another Whack at Reform (Times-Picayune, 3/27/06)
Fiscal crisis eases a little in N.O. (Times-Picayune, 3/27/06)
In Court Again (Times-Picayune, 3/27/06)
Who Is Killing New Orleans (a response) (Bayou Buzz, 3/24/06)
Who Is Killing New Orleans? (The Nation, 3/24/06)
WWL i-News Discussion of Assessor Consolidation (WWL-TV, New Orleans, 3/23/06)
Report rips Orleans Parish assessor system (KLFY-TV Lafayette, 3/23/06)
Report rips assessor system  (Times-Picayune, 3/23/06)
In new Big Easy plan, little clarity (Christian Science Monitor, 3/22/06)
New Orleans Assesses Bureaucratic Tradition (Los Angeles Times, 3/19/06)
7 La. Candidates Run Afoul of the Courts (Washington Post, 3/17/06)
Dock Board's vote draws fire (Times-Picayune, 3/2/06)


February
New Orleans Running Out of Options as It Scrambles for New Loans (New York Times, 2/26/06)
Group: If you can't join 'em, beat 'em (Times-Picayune, 2/23/06)
Blanco home buyout bill derailed (KATC-TV Lafayette, 2/17/06)
New Orleans and the New Urban Vision (Spiked Online, London, 2/9/06)
Katrina fuels calls for levee board mergers (Times-Picayune, 2/5/06)
Varying Rates of Progress Seen in Katrina Recovery (NPR, 2/2/06)
Editorial: Assessment woes get worse (Times-Picayune, 2/2/06)
Redevelopment agency backed (Times-Picayune, 2/2/06)
Letter to the Editor: Assessors regret stance of watchdog, newspaper (Times-Picayune, 2/1/06)

January

Assessors play into harmful stereotypes (Times-Picayune, 1/31/06)
Tax incentive programs face funding crunch (New Orleans CityBusiness, 1/30/06)
Report critical of post-storm property assessments (KLFY-TV Lafayette, 1/27/06)
All Over The Map (Times-Picayune, 1/27/06)
Nagin panel seeks leaner government (Times-Picayune, 1/20/06)
Big Easy: Who Can Rebuild? (Christian Science Monitor, 1/13/06)
A smaller New Orleans envisioned (Boston Globe, 1/12/06)
Anger greets New Orleans recovery proposal (Reuters, 1/12/06)
First N.O. rebuilding report due out today (Baton Rouge Advocate, 1/11/06)
The Big Uneasy (Harvard Crimson, 1/10/06)
New Orleans Plan Envisions Few Limits on Rebuilding (NPR, 1/10/06)
Officials tiptoe around footprint issue (Times-Picayune, 1/8/06)
All Parts of City in Rebuild Plan of New Orleans (New York Times, 1/8/06)
 

2005 (Post-Katrina)
Nagin panel to back major changes (Times-Picayune, 12/31/05)
Editorial: People need answers (Times-Picayune, 12/27/05)
City's rebuild plan draws criticism (Times-Picayune, 12/23/05)
BGR: Analysis, not politics, should guide redevelopment (Biz New Orleans, 12/22/05)
Control of levee system debated in Louisiana (NPR, 12/9/05)
Unified vision needed to rebuild, BGR says (Times-Picayune, 11/16/05)
Katrina to redraw region's political picture (Times-Picayune, 11/14/05)
Anger simmers in New Orleans’ dead Ninth Ward (Reuters, 10/27/05)
Nagin folding hand on casino zone (Times-Picayune, 10/19/05)
N.O. considers bypassing historic preservation law (Times-Picayune, 10/13/05)
As floodwaters dry up, so does tax base (Times-Picayune, 10/6/05)

 

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