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Jason Giroir the commenter
After the February shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida, NOPD officer Jason Giroir posted a message — “Act like a Thug Die like one!” — on WWL-TV’s website. Both NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas and Mayor Mitch Landrieu made clear their disapproval, and Giroir subsequently resigned from the force. The incident raised questions about conduct on news comment boards — and it wouldn’t be the only time that practice got someone into trouble this year.
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3-course menu • $40 (includes champagne and party favors)
appetizers fresh gulf shrimp & stone ground grits
BiG Freedia the bounce queen
Freedia had her biggest year ever, starting with her national TV debut in January on Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed by a tour that included New York, Chicago and a well-received set at South by Southwest (Rolling Stone said “towering transvestite New Orleans bounce-rapper Big Freedia … channeled Little Richard”). The year ended with Freedia bouncing her booty all the way down to Australia.
served with a Crystal worcestershire sauce
with horseradish spiked mashed red potatoes served w/molasses glazed carrots & pearl onions
poche’s pork & jalapeño boudin
satsuma glazed duck breast
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the preacher
frog legs
served buffalo style with a Maytag blue cheese dip
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david ManshiP the other publisher
When The Times-Picayune announced it would be cutting print editions back to three days a week, the folksy publisher of The Advocate made a quick move into New Orleans, opening a local bureau, hiring many laid-off T-P employees and delivering the paper seven days a week. Delivery got off to a spotty, frustrating start, but at year’s end, the paper had smashed even its most optimistic circulation goals. This month, the paper launched “Beaucoup,” a weekly entertainment tabloid that directly took on the T-P’s longtime “Lagniappe” section, and introduced a community news page. page 22
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martinis
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with candied yams & southern greens & pecan rice pilaf
paneed veal topped with crabmeat & a caper cream sauce served over pasta bordelaise with spicy corn maque choux
bronzed drum
with a lemon beurre blanc, brabant potatoes & asparagus
desserts new orleans bread pudding with whisky sauce
chocolate pecan pie
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choice of appetizer & entree & dessert
Paul Gros
The pastor of the Vieux Carre Assembly of God church and Bourbon Street preacher filed suit against the city of New Orleans after the city council passed legislation prohibiting the dissemination of “any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise” on the city’s sin strip. The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up his cause.
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the art man
The director of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) since 1996, Weigel had been a lightning rod for controversy in recent years when two visual arts curators resigned in less than 18 months and artists removed their works from the galleries in protest. In May, Gambit was about to go to press with a cover story about the CAC’s woes when Weigel announced his resignation during a trip to China, saying he would be returning to his first vocation, composing.
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