New Orleans CityBusiness back issues from January 2008:
2007 Year in Review story No. 5: Oliver Thomas admits to accepting bribes
Jan 02, 2008; ... Editor's note: The following story is from CityBusiness' Year inReview issue, on newsstands this week, which looks back at the top10 stories of 2007 as selected by CityBusiness' editorial staff. NEW ORLEANS - When former New Orleans City Councilman OliverThomas reports to the ...
CityBusiness blog: Buffets; N.O. murders; Film industry
Jan 02, 2008; ... NEW ORLEANS - Today on the CityBusiness blog: - A 265-pound man said he was banned from a Houma buffet-stylerestaurant; - New Orleans' murder ...
New Orleans CityBusiness announces three days left to submit Leadership in Law nominations
Jan 02, 2008; ... There are three days left to submit nominations for CityBusiness'2008 Leadership in Law program. Nominations must be received by 5p.m. Friday. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon at noon March 18 at theSheraton hotel on Canal Street. A special insert will run in theMarch 24 ...
Tulane professor examines 'Katrina cough' in $1.8M federally funded study
Jan 02, 2008 ... A Tulane University researcher will study the lung health of NewOrleans workers after Hurricane Katrina, in an investigation intothe so-called "Katrina cough." Henry Glindmeyer, a professor of pulmonary, critical care andenvironmental medicine at Tulane School of Medicine, will ...
New Orleans' Lapalco Boulevard lane closed for repairs
Jan 02, 2008 ... The left eastbound lane and U-turn on Lapalco Boulevard at StatenStreet near Manhattan Boulevard are closed for waterline repairs,the parish said. ...
Commentary: Women will continue to add influence in '08
Jan 02, 2008; ... JWT, the former J. Walter Thompson advertising agency of NewYork, claims to be the first ad agency in the world and now thelargest. It also claims to have the top 10 trends already shaping2008. CityBusiness loves lists. Here's JWT's with some commentary fromme: 10) Blue is ...
La.-based Bollinger to build 3 tank barges for a New York company
Jan 02, 2008 ... Bollinger Gretna and Bollinger Marine Fabricators have signedcontracts for construction of three tank barges for Melville, N.Y.-based Bouchard Ocean Services. "Bollinger is ending the year on a positive note with the recentdelivery of several vessels, and we are bringing in 2008 ...
End in sight for New Orleans Road Home application evaluations
Jan 02, 2008; ... The application process is starting to come into sharper focusafter 65 weeks of work with 153,220 claims fully calculated as ofMonday. Road Home officials estimate roughly 10,000 more claims willbe found to be legitimate although 185,106 applications have beenreceived. The Road ...
New Orleans Hornets star guard named top NBA Player of December
Jan 02, 2008; ... The NBA today named New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paulthe Western Conference Player of the Month for December. Paulbecomes the fifth Hornet to win the award and first to receive thehonor since Jamaal Magloire in April 2004. "It is an honor to receive this award and to be ...
CityBusiness Leadership in Law nominations due Friday
Jan 03, 2008 ... There are three days left to submit nominations for CityBusiness'2008 Leadership in Law program. Nominations must be received by 5p.m. Friday. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon at noon March 18 at theSheraton hotel on Canal Street. A special insert will run in theMarch 24 ...
Sugar Bowl brings record number of charter flights to N.O.
Jan 03, 2008; ... Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport reported arecord number of charter flights for the Sugar Bowl. There were 11 charter flights with 1,894 seats into New Orleansfor the event, held on New Year's, and 13 flights out with 2,128seats. There were no charter flights in ...
Hurricane recovery efforts should speed up in New Orleans in 2008
Jan 03, 2008 ... The New Orleans metropolitan community continues to recover 28months post-Katrina at a pace slowed by a leadership vacuum. But new leaders such as Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal, interim DistrictAttorney Keva Landrum-Johnson and Inspector General Robert Cerasoliare supplanting discredited ...
10 N.O. residents face critical deadline
Jan 03, 2008 ... The Office of Recovery Development and Administration is making afinal request for responses from residents enrolled in the FEMAHazard Mitigation Program for pilot reconstruction and elevationprojects on residential properties. ORDA has been unable to reachthe following 10 residents from ...
Louisiana Safe Routes to School program accepting applications
Jan 03, 2008 ... Applications are now being taken for the second funding phase ofthe Louisiana Safe Routes to School program. The program aims to improve the health of kids and the communityby making walking and bicycling to school safer, easier and moreenjoyable. The program assesses the safety of ...
Whole Foods king cake sales to benefit Louisiana shrimpers
Jan 03, 2008 ... For the second year in a row, king cake sales at Whole FoodsMarket stores in Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,South Carolina and North Carolina will benefit Louisiana shrimpers. For every king cake sold, Whole Foods will donate $1 to the WhiteBoot Brigade, a project of ...
Holy Cross College in New Orleans begins spring registration
Jan 03, 2008 ... Our Lady of Holy Cross College will host its spring 2008registration from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday in the Moreau Center at the college's Algierscampus. Students may register anytime during ...
Home Automation Inc. to unveil cell phone product
Jan 03, 2008 ... Home Automation Inc., a manufacturer of home automation andsecurity products, said it is launching a product that allows aperson to control lights, security, temperature and Web cams ontheir cell phone. HAI will unveil Snap-Link Mobile, a cell ...
Dillard University in New Orleans to hold spring registration
Jan 03, 2008 ... Dillard University will hold registration for the 2008 springsemester starting next week. Registration runs from Tuesday to Thursday. Classes ...
24 hours left to submit CityBusiness Leadership in Law nominations
Jan 03, 2008 ... There are two days left to submit nominations for CityBusiness'2008 Leadership in Law program. Nominations must be received by 5p.m. Friday. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon at noon March 18 at theSheraton hotel on Canal Street. A special insert will run in theMarch 24 ...
Number of prisoners released under 60-day rule drops in N.O.
Jan 03, 2008 ... The number of people released from prison in Orleans Parishbecause no charges were brought against them before 60 daysdecreased 99 percent from the beginning of 2007 to the end of theyear. That's according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney'sOffice, which released the ...
Louisiana's Governor's coastal activities adviser resigning
Jan 03, 2008 ... The senior adviser to the governor for coastal activities andchairwoman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and RestorationAuthority will leave her post Jan. 14, when Gov.-elect Bobby Jindaltakes office.Sidney Coffee will be replaced by Garret Graves, now the senioradviser for ...
Restaurant group elects North Shore chapter president
Jan 03, 2008 ... Dawn Davis, owner of Morton's Seafood Restaurant in Madisonville,has been elected the 2008 president for the North Shore chapter ofthe Louisiana ...
La. Dept. of Transportation and Development awards Barriere Construction nearly $19M in projects
Jan 04, 2008 ... Barriere Construction Co. was the apparent low bidder on four NewOrleans-area road projects, with bids totaling nearly $19 million,according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation andDevelopment. DOTD considered more than $98 million in bids at its Dec. 5 and12 bid ...
Ion Media Networks buys N.O. TV station
Jan 04, 2008 ... Ion Media Networks Inc. has purchased television stations WPXL,serving the New Orleans market, and WPXX, serving Memphis, Tenn.,from Flinn Broadcasting Corp. WPXL broadcasts an analog signal on UHF Channel 49 and a digitalsignal on UHF Channel 50. It was formerly independent ...
St. Temmany Parish President Kevin Davis to discuss plans for congressional race
Jan 04, 2008 ... St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis has scheduled a pressconference for 11 a.m. today to discuss his involvement in the racefor the 1st Congressional District seat to be vacated by Gov.-electBobby Jindal on Jan. 14. Republicans State Rep. Tim Burns of Mandeville, Slidell Mayor ...
Darrow-based Bocage Plantation, contents sell for $2.9M at auction
Jan 04, 2008 ... Neal Auction Cos.' annual Holiday Estates Auction Dec. 1-2generated $2.6 million, a huge success, the company said. The Magazine Street-based company also reported the results ofthe Dec. 8 ...
Louisian State University, Ohio State University join forces to battle wetlands loss
Jan 04, 2008 ... Louisiana State University and Ohio State University are not onlybattling for the Bowl Championship Series national title. Since 2003, the universities have fought to reverse wetlandsloss. "This is a multibillion-dollar problem that affects our entirenation," LSU Chancellor ...
St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis declines to run for Congress
Jan 04, 2008 ... St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis today declined to runfor the vacant seat caused by Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal leaving theHouse of Representatives Jan. 14. Slidell Mayor Ben Morris, a Republican candidate in the race tosucceed Jindal said Davis made the right decision for ...
10 percent more business travelers expected to N.O. in '08
Jan 04, 2008; ... In 2008, 10 percent more visitors will come to New Orleans forconvention and business-related travel than in 2007, the New OrleansMetropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau said. 2007 convention business was about 70 percent of pre-HurricaneKatrina levels, NOMCVB spokeswoman ...
Unemployment insurance claims plunge in last week of 2007
Jan 04, 2008 ... Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased to 2,077 forthe week ending Dec. 29, from the previous week's total of 2,738.Initial claims were above the 1,930 claims for the same period in2006. The four-week moving average of initial claims decreased to 2,572from the ...
Airlines to increase flights at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Jan 04, 2008 ... Four airlines will up their number of flights at Louis ArmstrongNew Orleans International Airport in the first quarter, bringing theairport's total seats to 78 percent of pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. Beginning in February, Delta, Air Tran and Northwest airlineswill add one daily ...
CityBusiness Year in Review story No. 1: Jordan resigns as DA
Jan 05, 2008; ... Former Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan ended theyear the same way he started it: mired in controversy. On Oct. 30, Jordan resigned as DA and was replaced on an interimbasis by assistant prosecutor Keva Landrum-Johnson. His resignation ended a five-year tenure ...
Ron Paul radio ads hit the air in Louisiana
Jan 05, 2008 ... Beginning next week, Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul'spresidential campaign will begin running a series of 60-second radioads in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana,Maine and North Dakota in anticipation of the states' upcomingprimaries and ...
Jefferson CVB plans business card exchange in Harahan
Jan 05, 2008 ... Elmwood Self-Storage and Wine Cellar will hold its first businesscard exchange and networking event from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Thursday at the storage center, 1004 S. Clearview Parkway inHarahan. The event is free for members of the Jefferson ParishChamber and the Jefferson ...
Freret residents to survey community
Jan 05, 2008 ... Residents of the Freret neighborhood are launching a communitysurvey project this week to evaluate the impact of their work on theneighborhood. The group also wants to get an accurate snapshot ofhow the neighborhood has changed and will continue to change. Teams of residents and ...
New Orleans bird exhibit extends flight through Monday
Jan 05, 2008 ... The Historic New Orleans Collection will extend its viewing hoursfor the exhibit "Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Carving in SoutheastLouisiana, Part 1, Early Working Decoys." Normally open Tuesday through Saturday, the gallery will be openfrom 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 ...
Bay St. Louis Bridge reopens last two lanes
Jan 05, 2008; ... The $266.8-million Bay St. Louis Bridge reopened the last two ofits four lanes on Friday, nearly two and a half years afterHurricane Katrina destroyed the span linking the cities of Bay St.Louis and Pass Christian on U.S. Highway 90 in Mississippi. Crews this week finished ...
LSU, Ohio State players to rebuild baseball field
Jan 05, 2008 ... Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu and the Louisiana Serve Commission willjoin several hundred Louisiana State Universities and Ohio Stateleaders, players, fans, students and alumni from 9 a.m. to noonSunday in a day of community service at the NFL-YET Boys and GirlsClub at 1140 S. Broad St. in New ...
Audubon Charter sets registration deadline, gala date
Jan 05, 2008 ... The Audubon Charter School has set the dates for its registrationdeadline and its annual fundraising gala. The application deadline for pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students who would like to attend Audubon Charter School is 4p.m. Friday. Applications are due at ...
New Orleans-based E.N. Bisso commissions new tugboat
Jan 05, 2008 ... New Orleans tugboat company E.N. Bisso & Son Inc. will commissiona new tugboat, the Josephine Anne, during a ceremony Jan. 20 atWaldenberg Park. The 4,000-horsepower tug will be the latest to joinE.N. Bisso's fleet of 16 boats. Built by Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Fla., ...
Glamour magazine to feature N.O. design project
Jan 05, 2008 ... Ethan Allen and Glamour magazine have aligned their decoratingresources to help a woman whose home was destroyed by HurricaneKatrina decorate the home she is rebuilding. When the father of her three children was killed in a drive-byshooting 12 years ago, Donniecia Allen, worked ...
N.O. Council pushes for Cox to air Hornets on North Shore
Jan 09, 2008 ... The New Orleans City Council is working with St. Tammany Parishto settle the Cox-Charter cable dispute. At the New Orleans City Council's joint Special Projects andEconomic Development Committee-Cable & Telecommunications Committeemeeting tuesday, Council President Arnie Fielkow ...
$12.4M traffic operations center going up on West End median in N.O.
Jan 09, 2008; ... Crews will begin construction in February on a $12.4-milliontraffic operations center on West End Boulevard in New Orleans. The 30,000-square-foot, two-story center will monitor 150 trafficcameras along the interstates circling Lake Pontchartrain, saidBrendan Rush, public ...
Covington-based Hornbeck Offshore Services to buy vessel for $70M
Jan 09, 2008 ... Hornbeck Offshore Services Wednesday said it will buy theSuperior Achiever, a T-22 class deepwater construction and dive-support vessel, from Houston-based Superior Offshore International. Superior is expected to receive roughly $70 million in cash inthe deal. Hornbeck is an ...
Krewe de Vieux unveils 2008 theme, king for Madri Gras in N.O.
Jan 09, 2008 ... The Krewe de Vieux, a French Quarter walking parade, announcedits 2008 theme, "Magical Misery Tour," and its king, Ronald Lewis. The parade, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19, starts and ends at ElysianFields Avenue and Chartres Street. Lewis is a Ninth Ward resident. He worked as a ...
LUBA returns $1.9M in dividends to policyholders in the N.O. area
Jan 09, 2008 ... LUBA Workers' Comp has returned $510,000 to policyholders in theNew Orleans area and $1.9 million in dividends statewide. LUBA has returned more than $24.2 million to its policyholdersmarking the 14th consecutive year the workers' comp company hasdistributed dividends. LUBA ...
Landrieu projects N.O. tourism to surpass pre-K record in 2008
Jan 09, 2008 ... Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu today showed a new Louisiana tourism adcampaign featuring Louisiana basketball players, musicians, chefsand actors at the Tourism Summit in New Orleans. The ads star Chefs John Folse and John Besh, musician AmandaShaw, actress Faith Ford, musician Terrance ...
Start of Chris Brown concert in N.O. pushed back
Jan 09, 2008 ... The start of the Chris Brown concert is now 8 p.m. Sunday at theNew Orleans Arena. The event was originally scheduled to begin at 6p.m.Tickets ...
Road Home could be closing in on final 10,000 homeowner cases in La.
Jan 09, 2008 ... The Road Home payouts slowed greatly during the first week of theyear with roughly 400 being conducted compared with an average of1,376 to date for the 66-week-old program. More than 209,708 homeowner interviews have been held with thoseaffected by hurricanes Katrina or Rita ....
Hornets agree to stay in N.O. through 2014 if attendance increases
Jan 09, 2008 ... The state of Louisiana and the New Orleans Hornets have reachedan agreement to extend the team's lease two years through 2014. Theextension essentially makes up for the time the team spent inOklahoma City following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Under the lease terms, the soon-to-be ...
N.O. Building Corp. approves World Trade Center lease
Jan 09, 2008; ... In a move that brings the World Trade Center one step closer toredevelopment, the New Orleans Building Corp. Wednesday approved alease for the New York development firm heading up the project. Under terms of the 99-year lease, the developers, Full Spectrumof NY, will pay $30 ...
La. Dept. of Transportation to close westbound bridge of I-10 for inspections Sunday
Jan 09, 2008 ... Panel inspections on the Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge from 8:30p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Sunday will close the bridge's westbound spanuntil transportation officials complete inspections Jan. 17. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development willbegin inspecting the westbound ...
$7M to rehab Milne Home in Gentilly slips through city's fingers
Jan 09, 2008; ... New Orleans has missed out on $7 million in state money to repairThe Milne Boys Home, a city-owned historic community center foryoung men. The money is likely no longer available to the city, said JohnDavis, capital outlay budget administrator for the state FacilityPlanning ...
BCS traffic sets post-K records at Louis Armstrong Airport in N.O.
Jan 09, 2008 ... The Bowl Championship Series championship game resulted in tworecord post-Hurricane Katrina days at Louis Armstrong New OrleansInternational Airport in a one-week period. The Transportation Security Administration said the total numberof people who were processed through security ...
Jazz Fest Foundation in N.O. giving away 8,500 tickets
Jan 09, 2008 ... The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc. willgive away 8,500 Jazz Fest tickets under the foundation's CommunityOutreach Ticket program. The program makes free Jazz Fest tickets available to localgroups, which in turn distribute them to people who otherwise ...
Violent Offenders Unit in N.O. logs 93 percent conviction rate in first year
Jan 09, 2008 ... At the close of 2007, the Violent Offenders Unit of the OrleansParish District Attorney's Office achieved a 93 percent convictionrate for violent criminal cases prosecuted by the unit. "We expect to see increased citizen participation in the fightagainst violent crime over this ...
Gray Ghost goes gonzo on graffiti in N.O.
Jan 14, 2008; ... Fred Radtke is the Gray Ghost, the self-appointed scourge of theNew Orleans graffiti scene. Since he began his one-man crusade in 1997, Radtke's supportershave hailed him as an indispensable tool in the fight againstgraffiti vandalism. His detractors call him a vigilante with a ...
Mid-City celebrates in N.O.
Jan 14, 2008; ... Mid-City residents were beginning to think the Krewe of Endymionwould never return. Founder and Capt. Ed Muniz announced after last year's paradethat Endymion would return to its traditional route in 2008. Butmany people still had their doubts. "A lot of people on Orleans ...
Historic Lincoln Beach in N.O. needs city OK for new era
Jan 14, 2008; ... Developers of the $477-million Lincoln Beach project say thedevelopment is moving forward. "We're ready to get moving on (the project)," said RickeySpearman, president of Nolatown Inc., the primary developer. Nolatown received a non-binding letter of intent with the ...
Jan. 14-20
Jan 14, 2008 ... Jan. 14 Galatoire's Mardi Gras Table Auction, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30p.m. auction at Galatoire's Restaurant, 209 Bourbon St. The auctionis for tables at Galatoire's on the Friday before Mardi Gras, Feb.1. All proceeds will go to the Louisiana SPCA and Cops 8, thenonprofit ...
Down to the wire for business owners to take advantage of Hurricane Katrina-related incentives
Jan 14, 2008; ... The start of the new year means business owners must line theirfinancial ducks in a row for tax season. New Orleans-areaaccountants are urging clients to take advantage of HurricaneKatrina-related incentives before they expire as well as puttingpermanent tax-saving measures in place ....
Congress gives AMT quick fix
Jan 14, 2008; ... A last-minute save by Congress just before the holidays willallow an estimated 20 million taxpayers to avoid paying theAlternative Minimum Tax on their 2007 returns. Accountants say unless permanent changes are made, taxpayers willbe in for a big surprise when 2008 returns are ...
Interview with state of La. Sen. Ann Duplessis
Jan 14, 2008; ... Age: 46 Family: husband, Virgil; and children Heather, Brooks and Lyndsey Education: attended Louisiana State University and the Universityof New Orleans, majoring in business and marketing; LouisianaGraduate School of Banking Hometown: New Orleans Gov. Bobby ...
Commentary: Idiotic U.S. policy muddies answers to energy crisis
Jan 14, 2008; ... Most everyone in the United States is upset over the price ofoil. We are upset when we fill up the gas tanks on our cars and itcosts $50 to $75. We are upset when we get our home utility bill andthe fuel adjustment charge is twice what our monthly consumptioncharge indicates it should ...
N.O. Government Briefs: January 14, 2008
Jan 14, 2008 ... The number of people released from prison in Orleans Parishbecause no charges were brought against them before 60 daysdecreased 99 percent from the beginning of 2007 to the end of theyear. The number of Article 701 releases fell all year in New Orleans,starting at more than 500 ...