In This Issue
Long before Yuppies made pretension an art form by snorting cocaine through rolled-up one-hundred-dollar bills; long before your cousin Bobby’s homegrown marijuana plants let alone his unwavering belief that he could hear God sneezing on Side 2 of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”; long before your grandmother did three guys in a mud puddle at Woodstock; long before it all, there was absinthe.
Pope Benedict XVI showed his endless compassion for the suffering endured by “people of God” in New Orleans since the federal levees failed by giving Archbishop Hughes a chalice.It was silver.
Inspector General Robert Cerasoli’s recent comments that there is “entrenched incompetence” in City Hall has enraged city residents who to a person are amazed on a daily basis at how efficiently the Nagin administration manages not to get things done.
In an attempt to speed up the traffic-fine collection process, a City Hall Web site will enable those who are caught violating red lights and issued tickets to log on, answer a few, simple questions and see if the fines can be waived. The simple questions include: Do you make regular payments to anyone whose last name is Morial, Brooks-Simms, Thomas, Shepherd, or Edwards, or whose first name is Mose?
To Whom It May Concern: At approximately 6:40 p.m. on Monday April 14, 2008, I was stopped by police at the corner of Sycamore and Leonidas.
In an effort to accommodate Republican Party members still loyal to embattled Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, the senator reportedly will back legislation to add more men’s restrooms at Armstrong International Airport. The move comes in response to the recent vote of confidence Vitter received from another sex-scandal senator, fellow Republican Larry Craig of Idaho.
The Levee is still censored in China.
No one can sum up a trip like New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. It's showtime.
An autopsy on how Gov. Bobby Jindal just got away with ethics murder right under your nose.
Apparently hit-and-run is no longer slang for another of Louisiana Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s sexual trysts.
From the “Senator David ‘He Did Her’ Vitter bonefish” at $300 an hour to the FEMA Flounder with formaldehyde sauce, the new Big Sleazy Fish Market promises to irresistibly stink up your dining and living experiences for years to come. See this menu.
Top Stories
For a short while - beginning on April 22 and remaining for two days - President Bush’s domestic legacy quite literally was enshrined in granite in New Orleans.
Katrina the Clown says she and sex-scandal plagued Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter have been playing pattycake for years, and that he even wanted to involve Miss Mary Mack.
The Levee has learned that chef Emeril Lagasse has been in police custody since shortly after the shooting of fellow celebrity chef and former Emeril mentor Paul Prudhomme.
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From the Breach
With the intent of mirroring his wildly successful "Girls Gone Wild" series, Joe Francis plans to begin filming holier-than-thou politicians in the throes of their wretched excess. The first video will follow the X-rated exploits of Louisiana's own Republican Sen. David Vitter. To keep people from being repulsed, none of Vitter's pathetic senate record since his penchant for prostitutes was exposed will be shown.
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