Thursday, May 04, 2006

Notables from NOLA

The Justice Department is tightening the screws on Rep. Bill Jefferson...but he still proclaims innocence...a Kentucky bizz guy testified to he paid the Rep. over 400 large for favors in establishing a tech company.
BRIBES

RTA is in deep trouble as it approaches the FEMA deadline on June 30...ridership has fallen from more than 800,000...down to less than 200,000...and revenue has plummeted from $110 million to 25 million...now RTA is defauting on debt payments...as Blanco's admin stumbles and bumbles around getting funds released to help.
RTA

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