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The report by New Orleans Inspector General E.R. Quatrevaux took aim at both city officials and Broomfield, Colo.-based MWH Americas Inc. The report, first made public Thursday by The Times-Picayune, said the recovery from the catastrophic 2005 hurricane had been hurt by the flawed contract.
MWH was hired in December 2007 to manage the massive rebuilding of city infrastructure after Katrina. As of February, MWH had been paid $29 million for its work, the report said.
La. man arrested, faces child prostitution charges
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Federal agents have arrested a Louisiana man accused of taking two minors from Atlanta to Birmingham for prostitution.
Authorities indicted 25-year-old Dmarcus Antwain Ward, of Minden, last week, on charges of sex trafficking of minors and transporting them for the purposes of prostitution.

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Although this isn’t exactly corruption, per se, U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston—who harangued President Clinton for immoral sex with an intern—had just been elected Speaker of the House when it emerged he’d had his own affairs. The successor in his House seat, David Vitter, availed himself occasionally of prostitutes run by the famous D.C. Madam; today, he is a U.S. senator. Another statewide office with a history of sleaze is the insurance commissioner, whose three consecutive occupants got, in turn, 25 years in 1991 for influence-peddling; 41 months in 1993 for selling $80,000 worth of insurance licenses; and six months in 2001 for lying to an FBI agent. The head of the Louisiana Film Commission took $60,000 in bribes. In the Statehouse, where congressmen voted to more than double their salary in 2008, the Senate Ethics Committee chairman himself will stand trial shortly for income-tax evasion; the sponsor of a new ethics bill is accused of taking legal fees from companies doing business with a state univer …

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First Look Studios have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans on 6th April 2010. In this film directed by Werner Herzog, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience.

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Law-makers were unable and perhaps unwillingly to quell the rancor of New Orleans red light district. Sidney Story was the politician who wrote the legislation to delegate a section of the city where lewd women could live and work. Al Rose’s book goes on to explain that the legislation by the City Council did not “legalize” prostitution per say. But, it did allow for the section of the city around Basin Street to be a contained center of lascivious practice. Outside of the parameters set by legislation, prostitution was not allowed. Probably to his dismay, the red light district of New Orleans would be called Storyville after Sidney Story. Storyville is the first and only example of a legally sanctioned section of a city in the United States that was permitted for such activities to take place within it’s boundaries. Storyville would see the rise and fall of successful madame’s such as Hattie Hamilton, Kate Townsend, Minnie HaHa, Josie Arlington, and Emma Johnson. Rose’s book credits Kate Townsend with adding the element of luxury to sporting houses in Storyville.

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Law-makers were unable and perhaps unwillingly to quell the rancor of New Orleans red light district. Sidney Story was the politician who wrote the legislation to delegate a section of the city where lewd women could live and work. Al Rose’s book goes on to explain that the legislation by the City Council did not “legalize” prostitution per say. But, it did allow for the section of the city around Basin Street to be a contained center of lascivious practice. Outside of the parameters set by legislation, prostitution was not allowed. Probably to his dismay, the red light district of New Orleans would be called Storyville after Sidney Story. Storyville is the first and only example of a legally sanctioned section of a city in the United States that was permitted for such activities to take place within it’s boundaries. Storyville would see the rise and fall of successful madame’s such as Hattie Hamilton, Kate Townsend, Minnie HaHa, Josie Arlington, and Emma Johnson. Rose’s book credits Kate Townsend with adding the element of luxury to sporting houses in Storyville.

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… Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is available on DVD and Blu-Ray April 6, 2010 at an SRP of $28.98 and $29.98, respectively.
Synopsis:
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs–while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. Also starring Val Kilmer, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy and Jennifer Coolidge.

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State senator wants La. to reject health care overhaulA Louisiana lawmaker is attempting to nullify the congressional health care overhaul, if it passes. State Sen. A.G. Crowe, a Republican from Slidell, has proposed a bill that asserts states’ rights to refuse the federal mandates proposed in the congressional Democrats’ health care legislation …Read More
Police: Driver of stolen SUV asked cop for directionsSlidell Police investigators say a New Orleans man is in jail after using questionable judgment in finding his way back to the interstate. According to Captain Kevin Foltz, as a Slidell officer was in line at the drive-through of the McDonalds on Brownswitch road, a 2003 Ford Explorer pulled along side her …Read More
Vitter picks up Republican challenger
U.S. Sen. David Vitter has picked up a Republican challenger for his re-election bid, a first-time office-seeker who manages a garden center in Alexandria. Milton Gordon says Vitter, a Republican running for a second term, hasn’t been conservative enough, is out of touch with people and should have resigned after he was embroiled in a prostitution scandal …Read More

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State senator wants La. to reject health care overhaulA Louisiana lawmaker is attempting to nullify the congressional health care overhaul, if it passes. State Sen. A.G. Crowe, a Republican from Slidell, has proposed a bill that asserts states’ rights to refuse the federal mandates proposed in the congressional Democrats’ health care legislation …Read More
Police: Driver of stolen SUV asked cop for directionsSlidell Police investigators say a New Orleans man is in jail after using questionable judgment in finding his way back to the interstate. According to Captain Kevin Foltz, as a Slidell officer was in line at the drive-through of the McDonalds on Brownswitch road, a 2003 Ford Explorer pulled along side her …Read More
Vitter picks up Republican challenger
U.S. Sen. David Vitter has picked up a Republican challenger for his re-election bid, a first-time office-seeker who manages a garden center in Alexandria. Milton Gordon says Vitter, a Republican running for a second term, hasn’t been conservative enough, is out of touch with people and should have resigned after he was embroiled in a prostitution scandal …Read More

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Advocate Opinion page staff
Published: Mar 9, 2010
– Page: 6B
We still remember all the comments about Louisiana’s reputation for corruption made after Hurricane Katrina by those who were skeptical about spending federal money for recovery.
Critics wondered why those outside Louisiana should send billions to a state with such a checkered past.
This newspaper takes a back seat to no one in its distaste for corruption, and we readily admit Louisiana has had its problems in this regard. But we’re far from alone when it comes to scandal, as we’ve been reminded lately while following New York’s political scene.
Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor of New York in 2008 amid revelations he had been involved with prostitutes.
His replacement, Gov. David Paterson, recently withdrew from the race for a full term after allegations he used his influence to shape the investigation of a close aide for assault, and that he lied under oath during an ethics investigation.

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This new FBI probe called a ‘Civil Rights Investigation’, will abet unjust invasions of privacy, witch-hunting, selective prosecution, patronage for elites and cronies, and augment political agendas. (Note: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was no better off from FBI investigations and surveillance on him.) Alarmingly, neither citizens nor businesses in Louisiana are safe from sham probes that aids coverups, cooking the books. For example, the way the identities of the Canal Street Brothel “Johns” were concealed (no doubt to serve crony purposes or useful for future arm-twisting). Or, like doctored information that prevented federal Judge Thomas Porteous (whose impeachment hearing is now before the U.S. Congress) from a similar fate as the judges, sheriffs, and others who went to jail in the “Operation Wrinkled Robe” scandal. Yet, harbored federal and state courts in New Orleans are more corrupt than Gretna. (Even a federal court affidavit shows that the Clerk of Court steers newly-filed lawsuits to the judge of her choice, rather than randomly allot cases as civil procedure requires.) Irrefutable det …

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