re: Half of New Orleans shootings/murders occur in Nola East and 9th Ward

It isn't just a NOLA problem, it is a Louisiana problem.

Do the opposite of everything that’s going on.

Get a da who’s tough on crime and not facing 11 federal charges

Get a mayor who is current on his taxes and can speak proper English

Reduce property taxes

Build another jail

Offer tax incentives to businesses and industry instead of relying upon tourism

Seems like a simple start

ETA. Not concern ourselves with trivial bulls hit like statues and street names

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What do you think could be done (realistically) to curb the crime and business problems?

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Nuclear bomb

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What would an OT run New Orleans look like?

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1. The East would be its own city with its own police department and statistics
2. Canal Street would be the Las Vegas strip with casinos and sports betting
3. Marijuana, cocaine, and prostitution would all be legal with both upscale and seedy red light districts
4. Overall property and sales taxes would be relatively low, but taxes on gambling, hotels, prostitution, and legal drug sales would be used to supplement.
5. Police would be hyper vigilant in tourism areas to prevent violent crime and rapidly move to arrest trouble-makers. Outside of tourism areas, the focus would be on rape and property crimes. All police activity would be geared to solving, preventing, and punishing crimes that have real victims. Shoplifting would not be tolerated either.
6. Massive changes would be made to the permitting offices to make starting businesses much easier without bribing officials. This protection/shake down racket is a big deterrent for new and relocating businesses, and the permit office is slow and unreliable. There’s also a ton of unnecessary regulations related to historical preservation which could be tweaked somewhat to maintain the intended purpose without being such a wet blanket for advancement.
7. There’s got to be a way to get competent drainage, sewer, and water service. Most other cities can, so New Orleans should be able to as well if the will exists to do so.

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What do you think could be done (realistically) to curb the crime and business problems?

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Not let anyone that didnt have a job back in after Katrina. But instead we got Chocolate City and here we are now.