Zurik: Councilmemberâs use of security detail included personal errands
Use of city resources to run personal errands borders on misuse of authority, Tulane Law Professor says
Lee Zurik Investigation: Some members of City Council security are not eligible to perform security tasks By Lee Zurik and Cody Lillich | February 23, 2021 at 9:55 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 8:25 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The use of a city-owned vehicle is supposed to be for city services. But FOX 8 has found that a New Orleans city council member has been using her city-issued vehicle and provided security detail to run personal errands.
Zurik: Some members of City Council security are not eligible to perform security tasks
One city councilmemberâs driver ran personal errands including picking up the councilmemberâs children from school
Lee Zurik Investigation: Some members of City Council security are not eligible to perform security tasks By Lee Zurik and Cody Lillich | February 22, 2021 at 10:00 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 1:42 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Members of the New Orleans City Council receive a unique perk, use of a city-owned vehicle and a security specialist contracted from the Orleans Parish Sheriffâs Office. A FOX 8 Investigation found two of those security specialists are not allowed to perform security functions.
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Mardi Gras celebrations are looking very different this year.
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Fun facts about Mardi Gras
Here are 10 facts about Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, that you might not know.Jon Cherry/Getty Images
With bars closed, parades cancelled and crowds restricted, New Orleans annual citywide celebrations for Mardi Gras are looking very different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of the six-week-long season of Lent leading up to Easter. While Lent a time of reflection is typically observed by fasting from both food and festivities, Mardi Gras is usually marked by feasting and lavish celebration, thus its name. Mardi Gras revelries take place around the world each year, with some of the largest and perhaps most well-known in predominately Catholic New Orleans.
NOPD announces changes to street closures ahead of Mardi Gras weekend Share Updated: 6:09 PM CST Feb 12, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 6:09 PM CST Feb 12, 2021 WDSU Digital Team The NOPD announced a change in the hours of scheduled closure for parts of the French Quarter area as part of its enforcement plan during the upcoming Mardi Gras weekend and holiday, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.NOPD will be “all hands on deck” throughout the five-day period, patrolling throughout the city for those who are in violation of city mandates regarding illegal gatherings and closure of all bars in the city, including those that obtained a state license to operate as a restaurant. While restaurants will remain open and can serve alcohol, to-go alcohol is banned during this period, as well as package liquor sales within the boundaries of the French Quarter.“With the assistance of our law enforcement partners at the Louisiana
Principal accused of making 700 extremely sexual calls to 17-year-old student
WWL-TV obtained partial transcripts of some of the conversations. Most are too explicit to publish, but can be described as sexually intimate and, at times, romantic Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 10:28 PM CST February 11, 2021 Updated: 7:56 AM CST February 12, 2021
NEW ORLEANS In 2017, Christy Sampson-Kelly was hired as the principal at Travis Hill School, New Orleans’ school for incarcerated youth, based on a sparkling resume that featured a Ph.D. and national acclaim in the field of special education.
Now Sampson-Kelly, 49, is known for her arrest in November following a warrant accusing her engaging in more than 700 “extremely sexual and explicit” phone calls with a 17-year-old inmate, according to report by an investigator with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.