By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist For the past month, the candidates still in the running for parish and statewide offices have been pulling out all the stops to encourage voters to cast their ballots in Saturday’s (Nov. 18) elections. Only...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist With early voting set to start on Saturday (Sept. 30), it’s now-or-never time in this season’s campaign cycle. Many mainstream candidates in the race for governor campaigned in metro New Orleans on Tuesday (Sept. 26)....
by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 31, 2023 · Last modified September 2, 2023
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Most New Orleanians shudder at the thought of having to go to City Hall to get a permit — any permit. It’s not now, nor has it ever been, a quick, easy or transparent process....
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist More than a dozen contenders for local and statewide office addressed a packed house Wednesday (Aug. 16) at the Home Defense Foundation’s candidate forum. The gun-rights lobbying group attracted an array of Republican candidates, including...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Attorney General Jeff Landry made it official yesterday. He is one of 12 candidates already signed up for ballot’s top spot, with former LABI executive Steve Waguespack and state Rep. Richard Nelson expected to round...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Judge Monique Barial is ready to move up. For almost 10 years, she has handled family-law cases at Orleans Parish Civil District Court Division H, Domestic Section 2. A graduate of Xavier University and the...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Critics of Mayor LaToya Cantrell have been having a field day recently with multiple incidents about which to complain. Yet it seems no matter how much venom is directed toward her, Cantrell manages to adroitly...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Insiders expect interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork to be appointed as the next superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. Woodfork, they say, is clearly the best choice among the six semi-finalists that Mayor LaToya Cantrell...
sBy Danae Columbus, opinion columnist New Orleans property owners in select neighborhoods — including some areas of Mid-City — should anticipate paying higher taxes due in 2024 due to the increased valuation of properties in those areas, according to longtime...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Just call me F-23,931. Those are my unique numerals in the chronological list of citizens who requested an item number from the New Orleans Police Department in June 2023. I called the cops on June...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published June 15, 2023 · Last modified June 16, 2023
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist The 2023 legislative session in Baton Rouge ended June 8 with a controversial last-minute budget bill and a package of bills targeting the transgender community. Attempts by Democrats to add rape and incest as exceptions...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist For more than a month now, Attorney General Jeff Landry, a former sheriff’s deputy and the leading candidate for governor of Louisiana, has been airing television commercials about his experience fighting crime. Not to be...
