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And the elephant is pushed down the road once again. State Civil Service...
06/10/2013 - 23:32
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Action! Tell the State Civil Service Commission not to reconsider their vote...
06/09/2013 - 16:37
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Update: Civil Service Commission votes no on Charity Hospital layoffs!
06/03/2013 - 19:14
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Has Obama been swindled?
01/15/2013 - 20:36
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Jindal killed the sacred cow
12/12/2012 - 15:30
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Flying Without A Safety Net Means People Will Die
10/21/2012 - 13:32
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| Document Title | Description | Issue Area | Posted |
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| And the elephant is pushed down the road once again. State Civil Service Commission vote to approve privatizations |
Fiscal Responsibility |
10-Jun-13 | |
| Action! Tell the State Civil Service Commission not to reconsider their vote against Charity worker layoffs. |
Racial & Economic Justice |
9-Jun-13 | |
| Update: Civil Service Commission votes no on Charity Hospital layoffs! |
At the State Civil Service Commission today - Wednesday June 5, 2013, Racial & Economic Justice |
3-Jun-13 | |
| Has Obama been swindled? |
Racial & Economic Justice |
15-Jan-13 | |
| Jindal killed the sacred cow |
On Monday December 10, 2012 Bobby Jindal effectively put a fork in the sacred cow - known as the Charity Hospital... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 12-Dec-12 |
| Flying Without A Safety Net Means People Will Die |
LSU's Decision to cut the charity out of the 7 Charity Hospitals in Southern Louisiana, instigated at the... |
Health Care | 21-Oct-12 |
| Taj-Ma-Hospital Construction Motors On. But Why Bother? |
LSU's Taj-Ma-Hospital is looking more and more like Taj-Ma-Impossible these... |
Planning | 6-Oct-12 |
| Plans Plans Plans.... “LSU Needs Some Time To Develop A Plan". |
The title quote is taken from an article in... |
Planning | 16-Aug-12 |
| Palas Hotel will implode July 22 |
Reporting on the University Medical Center Board meeting yesterday. | Health Care | 8-Jun-12 |
| What do administrators of the new VA hospital know that we don't? |
There were some interesting developments at the UMC Board meeting last Thursday April 12, 2012. | Planning | 19-Apr-12 |
| UMC Board to meet Thursday, April 12 2012 |
The UMC Board are set to hold their monthly meeting tomorrow at 1PM. | Planning | 11-Apr-12 |
| LSU's programmatic requirements shrink as it seeks to grab more land |
Last week, a little noticed item appeared on the March 13, 2012 Property Rights |
24-Mar-12 | |
| 2:00 pm Saturday, March 3, 2012 - POST KATRINA CONFLICT AND CHANGE: LSU/VA HOSPITALS, PROGRESS OR CIVIC DISASTER |
Racial & Economic Justice |
2-Mar-12 | |
| Tomorrow, after 4 consecutive months, the UMC board will finally hold a board meeting |
| Fiscal Responsibility | 29-Feb-12 |
| Video: UMC Board finally gets the business plan - THEY WANT - passed |
The UMC Board were in Baton Rouge on Friday, September 16th to present a business... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 17-Sep-11 |
| A business plan full of holes. Sign the petition! | 10-Sep-11 | ||
| An "all options" study without Charity Hospital IS NOT an "all options study"! |
The UMC board are set to meet on Thursday afternoon at 1:00PM to hear a presentation by Vérité... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 3-Sep-11 |
| VIDEO : Dr. John says: Bring back Charity Hospital! |
Dr. John says... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 27-Aug-11 |
| Now more than ever, the UMC Board needs to hear your voice - in support of Charity |
What’s more embarrassing? | Racial & Economic Justice | 25-Aug-11 |
| You CAN Make A Difference - Sign The New Petition! |
Fiscal Responsibility |
6-Aug-11 | |
| Poof...UMC Board cancels monthly meeting. Again. |
The UMC Board has, rather suspiciously, cancelled its monthly meeting scheduled for tomorrow, August 4, 2011. | Transparency | 3-Aug-11 |
| Tell the UMC Board to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on a boondoggle |
SaveCharityHospital.com, along with 26 other community organizations, sponsored a great event on Tuesday evening... |
Planning | 28-Jul-11 |
| Save the Date: Treasurer Kennedy Invites Public Comment on the UMC |
Treasurer Kennedy is coming to town. | Fiscal Responsibility | 22-Jul-11 |
| State Treasurer Kennedy tackling UMC financing in New Orleans |
Unless $400 million materializes out of thin air in the next 10 days, the UMC is still, Fiscal Responsibility |
15-Jul-11 | |
| UMC Board meets tomorrow: Call for full consideration of the Charity Hospital option! |
Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 13, the UMC Board will hold its monthly meeting at 1:00 p.m. in the basement of the LSU... |
Planning | 12-Jul-11 |
| UMC rocked by more uncertainty - Board pulls HUD application |
Wow. The UMC Board pulled its pre-application for HUD mortgage insurance - a federal government guarantee that... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 8-Jul-11 |
| Propaganda machines - running in high gear |
Since the presentation of the Kaufman-Hall report, very little has changed regarding the proposed UMC hospital in... |
Health Care | 26-Jun-11 |
| Beyond HCR-59 - the Fight Continues |
HCR-59 was defeated today in the House. Strangely, it was defeated after several amendments to the resolution... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 22-Jun-11 |
| Press Release: Advocates Request that Kaufman Hall Associates review the FHL/RMJM Hillier Report |
PRESS RELEASE | Planning | 16-Jun-11 |
| No, Charity is Not Off the Table |
Why are several key figures saying that rebuilding a healthcare facility inside the existing Charity Hospital is &... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 16-Jun-11 |
| UMC a "Done Deal"? Not After Today |
Today, a resolution that requires the full Lousiana legislature to approve the business and plan and financing for... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 14-Jun-11 |
| BREAKING NEWS---- UMC Plans Face Serious Opposition as Vitter, Kennedy, and Tucker Pitch Alternative |
Senator David Vitter, House Speaker Jim Tucker, Treasurer John Kennedy and state leaders sent a letter today -... |
Planning | 9-Jun-11 |
| UMC - City Council Caves, Financial Uncertainty Rages On |
Two big things happened in the past week. | Fiscal Responsibility | 4-Jun-11 |
| Get Ready: A “Revised” Kaufman-Hall Report is likely coming soon |
On Thursday, the UMC Board meets at 1 p.m. deep in the bowels of the LSU Medical School complex. | Fiscal Responsibility | 31-May-11 |
| A Bucket of Bravado |
That's what Jerry Jones with the Office of... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 27-May-11 |
| Behind the Veil: UMC backers move into damage control mode |
In a email to his fellow members, a state legislator apparently had this to say yesterday as he and supporters... |
Transparency | 24-May-11 |
| State Legislators Serve A Blow To Taj-Ma-Hospital Plan |
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Fiscal Responsibility |
24-May-11 |
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| Same Message, Bigger Megaphone |
In recent weeks, the chorus of skepticism and opposition to the state's proposed UMC "Taj Ma Hospital" has... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 14-May-11 |
| Action Steps - Act Now! |
Below are a number of key developments that have transpired lately - and some action steps that you can take to help... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 9-May-11 |
| UMC Board tells its financial analysts: "Redo The Figures" |
While Mayor Landrieu and Governor Jindal continue to push to contort New Orleans into a medical city befitting... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 30-Apr-11 |
| Why Was New Orleans's Charity Hospital Allowed to Die? |
The national article authored by Roberta Gratz that appears in The Nation this week summarizes many of the issues... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 29-Apr-11 |
| UMC "Groundbreaking" today: The fiscal irresponsibility continues |
What do you do when your full hospital financing just won't materialize? | Fiscal Responsibility | 19-Apr-11 |
| BioDistrict Issue Heats Up |
SaveCharityHospital has always taken a keen interest in GNOBEDD, also known as BioDistrict New Orleans. ... |
Planning | 13-Apr-11 |
| The illusion of momentum: state sets premature "groundbreaking" ceremony for UMC hospital |
Bobby Jindal and company, aided and abetted by local media figures, would have you believe that all is well with the... |
Transparency | 4-Apr-11 |
| Author of BioDistrict legislation to hold town hall meetings this week |
Senator Karen Carter Peterson is hosting 4 town hall meetings in New Orleans this week. [More information below] | Planning | 15-Mar-11 |
| Waking up and smelling the devastation |
Unfortunately, it took the complete razing of a neighborhood for the national media to begin paying serious... |
Planning | 14-Dec-10 |
| Why were demolitions underway today in the UMC Footprint? |
It was our understanding, according to an article in yesterday's Times-Picayune ( Planning |
23-Nov-10 | |
| Utilizing Lessons Learned: Concerns for the UMC Footprint |
Lately, the VA Hospital Footprint is growing increasingly bleak as more and more homes are demolished and moved... |
Planning | 18-Nov-10 |
| Mayor Landrieu Meets with Save Charity Advocates at City Hall, Accepts Over 10,000 Petitions |
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu met with a delegation of concerned citizens today at City Hall to accept over 10,... |
Transparency | 19-Oct-10 |
| Urgent: Call for a moratorium on demolitions in the LSU/VA Footprint |
Given the continuing uncertainty surrounding the financing for the proposed University Medical Center (UMC) in Lower... |
Transparency | 4-Oct-10 |
| State awarded $475 million, yet still cannot proceed with new hospital | Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 27-Jan-10 | |
| Editorial boards take notice: Charity a State issue with National consequences |
Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Property Rights, Transparency |
13-Jan-10 | |
| Charity Hearing Behind Closed Doors |
| Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Preservation, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 9-Jan-10 |
| BREAKING: Streamlining Commission Orders Independent Analysis! | |||
| Video: Treasurer Kennedy's On The fiscal Realities Of The Proposed UMC Hospital |
More than 26 neighborhood and community organizations Fiscal Responsibility |
4-Aug-11 | |
| Call Speaker Jim Tucker! HCR 59 Pushed To Today - Tuesday June 21, 2011 |
Dear SaveCharityHospital.com supporters, | Fiscal Responsibility | 21-Jun-11 |
| Action: Not too late! HCR 59 pushed to Tuesday June 21, 2011 |
Dear SaveCharityHospital.com supporter, | Fiscal Responsibility | 18-Jun-11 |
| Greasing the Skids |
Tomorrow, the Public Works Committee of the New Orleans City Council will consider the revocation of the streets in... |
Planning | 22-May-11 |
| CPC to meet tomorrow April 12 - 1:30 PM to discuss revocation of streets |
The City of New Orleans has yet to revoke the public streets in the UMC Footprint - a legal step that is... |
Planning | 11-Apr-11 |
| Senator Vitter Slams UMC, Calls for Retrofit of Charity Hospital |
Even Senator Vitter thinks the UMC and State of Louisiana are acting imprudently by continuing to push forward with... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 11-Apr-11 |
| Press Conference - Save McDonogh No. 11 - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
GROUPS TO CALL FOR SAVING
Preservation |
15-Feb-11 | |
| Back into Charity - Back on the Table |
We've been saying it for years: LSU and the State of Louisiana should locate its teaching hospital in historic... |
Health Care | 14-Feb-11 |
| The perfect example - of what could go drastically wrong with BioDistrict New Orleans | Planning | 10-Feb-11 | |
| BioDistrict to present at Mid-City Neighborhood Organization Monday |
An important meeting is happening tomorrow evening at Grace Episcopal Church. | Planning | 7-Feb-11 |
| BioDistrict plan goes after Charity, envisions destruction of parts of Mid-City |
"Will my house be a park? Are they going to force me out? Are they... |
Planning | 3-Feb-11 |
| Things might not be going along quite as swimmingly as we thought |
We've been watching the fallout since last Wednesday when Fiscal Responsibility |
27-Jan-11 | |
| A Fishy Meeting...Hmmm... |
On January 12, 2011, Jacobs Engineering held a meeting at the... |
Transparency | 20-Jan-11 |
| National Media Piles On |
Since our last post, a number of national media outlets have turned their attention to the harsh realities of the... |
Transparency | 9-Dec-10 |
| Growing Scrutiny of the LSU/VA Hospitals Site |
Various media sources and oversight bodies at the local, national and even international level have been... |
Transparency | 6-Dec-10 |
| Is your neighborhood an "opportunity zone" in BioDistrict New Orleans? Meetings this week |
The New Orleans BioDistrict is a massive, 1,500-acre site that stretches from the CBD to Carrollton Avenue, and it... |
Planning | 2-Nov-10 |
| Questions, Questions, Questions |
Lately, some seem to be treating the proposed LSU/VA hospitals as a done deal. But anyone involved in... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 1-Nov-10 |
| October 29th, 2010 Press Conference and Rally |
The Committee To Re-Open Charity will be holding a news conference and community rally at the Outer Banks... |
Property Rights | 27-Oct-10 |
| NOTICE OF UMC BOARD MEETING | 27-Oct-10 | ||
| Talkin' Charity Hospital at City Hall Tomorrow |
That's right. Tomorrow is your chance to tell policy-makers how to use Charity Hospital. | Planning | 17-Oct-10 |
| Advocates Call for Halt to Demolitions in UMC Footprint |
On Monday, a large group of local advocates stood in front of a partially dismantled house in the footprint of the... |
Fiscal Responsibility | 14-Oct-10 |
| Forum Tonight: Symbol of City's Black Heritage Threatened in the VA Hospital Site |
The Louisiana Museum of African... |
Racial & Economic Justice | 12-Oct-10 |
| Oct. 8 - City Council Finally Meeting Its Meeting Obligation |
Come to the City Council... |
Planning | 7-Oct-10 |
| Riveting Details Revealed - Save Charity Advocates Present Before City Council Committee |
On Wednesday, advocates for the re-opening, refurbishment, and restoration... |
Transparency | 28-Sep-10 |
| Alert - City Council Committee to Hear Charity Hospital Presentation This Week |
Thank you to all who have signed the petition and helped to gather more signatures. We now have over 10,000... |
Transparency | 20-Sep-10 |
| Charity Hospital Supporters March on City Hall in New Orleans |
Hundreds of New Orleanians marched Thursday from the shuttered Charity Hospital building to City Hall. The... |
Preservation | 3-Sep-10 |
| March and Petition Rally - Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
Join the Treme, Hot 8, Free Agents, Original Pinstripe, and Young Pinstripe Brass Bands for a march from the Rev.... |
Preservation | 1-Sep-10 |
| Hate to say it |
But we told you so. | Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 13-May-10 |
| Low Expectations |
Yesterday, the City Council voted for an ordinance to close the streets of Lower Mid-City. They limited debate to a... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 23-Apr-10 |
| City lied about cost of demolishing Lower Mid-City | Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 20-Apr-10 | |
| LSU scaling back? |
Earlier this month, Governor Bobby Jindal announced his first appointments to the governing board of the proposed $1... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 26-Mar-10 |
| Smart Growth calls for action |
The following is a critical letter from Jack Davis and Bill Borah of Smart Growth for Louisiana: | Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 19-Mar-10 |
| Surprise, Surprise: Jindal appoints cronies to oversee hypothetical hospital |
Earlier this week, Governor Bobby Jindal appointed four board members to govern the LSU half of the tragic LSU/VA&... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 3-Mar-10 |
| Big Business to Little Guy in Lower Mid-City: Drop Dead! |
Yesterday, several big business organizations, some of which stand to make money off of the destruction of Lower Mid... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 24-Feb-10 |
| As Expected, City Planning Commission Walks Away from its Responsibility |
Yesterday, in what was correctly expected to be a rubber-stamp decision, the City Planning Commission voted to close... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 24-Feb-10 |
| Courthouse calling! Show your support for Lower Mid-City residents! |
At the Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, February 10th, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and residents of... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 9-Feb-10 |
| Special Commentary: Charity Hospital and the City Master Plan |
The New Orleans City Planning Commission recently approved the final draft of the city's master plan. | Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 29-Jan-10 |
| Move Over LSU: Make Room For Our Vets! |
Perhaps you heard about an exciting Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency |
19-Jan-10 | |
| New Radio Ad Proposes Compromise to LSU/VA Controversy |
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Fiscal Responsibility, Planning, Transparency |
18-Jan-10 |
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| Eli Ackerman: Real Stories of the Budget Patrol |
For the last few weeks, I've been trying to stay apprised of the ongoing City Council hearings for the 2010 budget.... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 23-Nov-09 |
| Celebrate Lower Mid-City at First Annual "Wally Fest" |
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| Letter: Use of eminent domain for LSU/VA immoral with reasonable alternatives available |
Kit Senter sent in this... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 10-Nov-09 |
| FEMA slams state officials for misleading claims of damage to Charity, conflicts of interest |
Jan Moller of the Times-Picayune has a Fiscal Responsibility, Transparency |
4-Nov-09 | |
| Developers Eye "Completely Destroyed" Charity Hospital |
Today, the Times-Picayune had a provocative and interesting Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency |
27-Oct-09 | |
| Analysis: Friday's Victory in Civil District Court |
| Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 26-Oct-09 |
| This Friday: Support Lower Mid-City residents in Civil District Court |
This Friday, Judge Ethel Julien of Orleans Parish Civil District Court will preside over a preliminary hearing in a... |
Environment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Planning, Preservation, Property Rights, Racial & Economic Justice, Transparency | 21-Oct-09 |
