Episode Details

On today's show, Newell talks about Mayor Cantrell's continuing vindictive and spiteful behavior during her final days in office, including ordering New Orleans Public Works crews to remove inaugural banners for Mayor-elect Helena Moreno from the front of historic Gallier Hall. Then, Newell has on Elexius Jones, Technical Sergeant for the Louisiana Air National Guard, to talk about recruiting those that are looking for a career in the military and/or those graduates looking for a great career and the importance of serving our community and Louisiana, Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to talk about the latest good local economic and business news, Tommy Faucheux, President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, to talk about oil companies bidding nearly $300 million for offshore drilling rights in the Gulf, Dr. Skip Gallagher, UNO Professor & NOPD Watchdog, to tell the tale of a payroll fraud complaint against Officer Henry Burke, and Sean Higgins, Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to discuss the Labor Department's delayed report for November showing that while overall employment was up by 64,000 jobs, underemployment had risen sharply.