James Carville: No more denying it -- New Orleans isn't working

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Orleans has given me much. It pains me very much to say this, but our city is, quite simply, not working. I will spare you a depressing litany of details. We all know them all too well.

t seems to me there are three ways that our elected leadership can deal with this situation:

1. Denial. The truth of the matter is we already have our own river. We don’t need another one from Egypt. If we don’t face reality, things will never change.
2. Point fingers and blame one another. I could go back to Washington and get all of that I need
3. Recognize that our city’s strongest asset is the creativity and talent of its citizens. After Hurricane Katrina, citizens demanded major reforms and made them happen organically.

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Entire New Orleans Times-Picayune NOLA.com staff axed after sale to competitor [NY Post]

The Newhouse family sold the 182-year-old daily The Times-Picayune and its website, nola.com, to a scrappy New Orleans competitor, and the entire staff is being laid off. That has stirred worries across the other papers in the family’s Advance Publications empire.

A total of 161 staff members are being laid off, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) notice filed with the Louisiana Workforce Commission, which listed 65 reporter and editor jobs in the bloodbath.

No plans announced to rebrand as NOLA411 - THE Source of New Orleans information were announced.

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Times-Picayune lays off 37 journalists in latest shakeup | The Advocate

In its third major restructuring in as many years, The Times-Picayune laid off 37 journalists Thursday in its latest push to cut costs three years after its controversial move to end daily home delivery.

Previous announced layoffs have claimed more than 300 workers.

The move Thursday trimmed the remaining news staff by a fifth, according to an announcement by NOLA Media Group President Ricky Mathews, and leaves 118 full-time journalists on staff.

Reporters at the paper said some who were spared the ax instead took a pay cut.

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GE Capital Sets Up Shop In New Orleans‎ | Forbes

The General Electric finance division will be bringing an information technology office to New Orleans that will employ 300 people and provide around 301 indirect jobs around the city, GE announced today with Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal. He also committed 5 million dollars to partner with GE capital and higher education in New Orleans to develop digital media education...

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New Orleans has 2nd widest income gap in US | WWL

New Orleans has the second widest income gap between rich and poor of all major U.S. cities, according to U.S. Census numbers. Only in Atlanta is the difference greater, and Loyola Economist Dan D'Amico says Atlanta has a high number of corporate executive offices, which give that city a disproportionately large sample of wealthy people...

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Louisiana unemployment rate lowest since April 2010‎ | BusinessWeek

Louisiana's employment picture brightened in September as the state registered its lowest unemployment rate since April 2010, the state Workforce Commission reported Wednesday. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the state's unemployment rate in September also was 6.9 percent, down from 7.2 percent in August. The national jobless rate was 9.1 percent for both months.

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New Orleans JOBS: Director Of Digital Media, Louisiana Economic Development | WorkNOLA

Incumbent will utilize his/her significant knowledge of the digital media industry to develop and execute a program of work to successfully create, retain, expand and recruit the motion picture industry in Louisiana. He/She shall strive to identify natural synergies with other areas of entertainment (motion picture, music & live performance institutions of higher education, and other agencies within local & state governments by focusing on collaboaration and communication.

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Local salaries lag behind the national average | WWL

Employees in the New Orleans area, on average, don't make as much money as workers elsewhere. The Dallas office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics just released "Occupational Employment and Wages in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, May 2010."

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The Purple Wave Finds Conflict with New Orleans City Plans | The Pelican Post |

Mayor Mitch Landrieu has requested the limited removal of seniority privileges from consideration in city lay-offs, and the local chapter of the Service Employees International Union is unimpressed...

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Gameloft could be opening a New Orleans studio | Destructoid

It looks like Gameloft wants to open up shop in The Big Easy. Gameloft hit a New Orleans job board with thirteen full-time job listings recently. Joystiq figured something was up, so they contacted the mobile developer. They didn't get much in the way of confirmation of a new studio...

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Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total number of games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare and DS, Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade, Apple’s iPod, iTouch and iPhones, and PCs.

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New Orleans mayor talks economics in New York | WSJ.com

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu heads for New York Tuesday as part of a business and philanthropic development mission.

Landrieu says the trip is about bringing jobs and resources back to New Orleans...

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Survey shows NOPD employees like jobs | WXVT-TV Delta News

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas says most of the city's police like their jobs, but want more training and better equipment...

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New venture gives former New Orleans inmates an alternative to jail | NOLA.com

A ceremony was held last week for graduates of the New Orleans Day Reporting Center, run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety as an alternative to jail time. All of the graduates found employment by the time they received their diplomas...

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New Orleans Unemployment Lowest In Nation | WWL - AM870

The unemployment rate in New Orleans was the lowest among the nation's largest metropolitan statistical areas for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Houma had the lowest rate among all areas nationwide, at 4.6 percent...

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Company Returning to New Orleans, Could Create 100 Jobs | NewOrleans.com

Atlantic Metrocast, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlantic Wood Industries of Savannah, Ga., has signed an agreement with the Port of New Orleans to lease seven acres at France Road, to build a pre-stressed concrete production facility - the first of its kind in Southeast Louisiana. The new venture marks a return home for Atlantic, which was originally founded in New Orleans in 1901...

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Folgers to expand Louisiana operation | WXVT-TV Delta News

The Folgers Coffee Co. has agreed to expand its two production plants in New Orleans and a distribution center in St. Tammany Parish, creating 120 new jobs...

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Job-hunting in New Orleans? Tradition counts | NOLA.com

Like most things in New Orleans, looking for professional employment can be a unique experience, and newcomers are finding they need to adjust their job-hunting tactics to suit the more traditional approaches New Orleans firms expect...

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4,200 new jobs forecast for Shreveport-Bossier City in 2010-11 | shreveporttimes.com | The Times

A line forms Wednesday in the parking lot of Christ United Methodist Church in Shreveport before the start of one of nine job fairs Louisiana is holding for citizens with disabilities. (Greg Pearson/The Times)

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Louisiana jobs decline in August | Business | 2theadvocate.com

State loses 2,500 positions; down 32,100 from year ago

Two engines of the economy — manufacturing and the trade-transportation-utilities sectors — accounted for most of the annual job losses in Louisiana, showing the broad impact of the national recession that began in late 2007.

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New Orleans area Home Depot lays off employees | NOLA.com

Home Depot laid off an unspecified number of employees at some New Orleans area stores this week, saying it needs fewer workers as post-hurricane rebuilding efforts taper.

Which metro area stores were affected or how many individuals lost their jobs were not specified.

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