@faimon

Rehabilitated cuneiformist. Gumbo devotee

Joined March 2009
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Sam Karlin@samkarlin1 Jan 2025
Here's what we know so far about the alleged Bourbon street attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Story w/@joey_cranney nola.com/news/crime_police/b…

Who is Shamsud-Din Jabbar, suspect in alleged Bourbon Street terrorist attack in New Orleans?

Shamsud-Din Jabbar was a recently-divorced Texas resident, though it was unclear what ties he had to New Orleans.

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Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original (@faimon) nola.com/opinions/politics-j… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original

"Al Morella (was) the snappy-dressing, yatty-baritoned gadfly who made himself such a presence at parish government meetings that some privately joked that he was the eighth council member."

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Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original nola.com/opinions/politics-j… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original

"Al Morella (was) the snappy-dressing, yatty-baritoned gadfly who made himself such a presence at parish government meetings that some privately joked that he was the eighth council member."

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.@faimon Roberts: When it came to EBR Mayor-President's race, conventional wisdom was wrong theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/… via @theadvocatebr

Faimon Roberts: When it came to EBR Mayor-President's race, conventional wisdom was wrong

"The results stunned many within Baton Rouge's political community who considered Ted James a lock to make the runoff along with Sharon Weston Broome."

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Violence in rural Tallulah in NE La prompted an unusual school measure: a book bag ban. from @elysecarmosino nola.com/news/education/loui… via @nolanews

To keep outside violence from spilling into schools, this Louisiana district banned backpacks

In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption of neighborhood violence: They temporarily banned middle and

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Edifying editorial on the sad phenomenon of municipal dissolution, by @faimon Roberts in today's Times-Picayune: nola.com/opinions/faimon-rob…

Faimon Roberts: The dirty word in small town politics

In this column, Faimon Roberts talks about the dirty word in Louisiana's rural politics and why it shouldn't be dirty.

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There's a dirty word in Louisiana rural politics. Here's why it shouldn't be dirty. nola.com/opinions/faimon-rob… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: The dirty word in small town politics

In this column, Faimon Roberts talks about the dirty word in Louisiana's rural politics and why it shouldn't be dirty.

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Faimon Roberts retweeted
Ben Myers@blevimyers23 Oct 2024
"Even in a relatively small sheriff's office ... the institutional culture is deeply embedded. And with that comes a host of personality conflicts, old grudges, rivalries and comfort in the way things have always been done." Always read @faimon nola.com/opinions/faimon-rob…

Faimon Roberts: This rural Louisiana sheriff wants to change the way his agency works. Here's how.

Faimon Roberts. He wants to reform the way his rural Sheriff's Office runs. But the obstacles are large.

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Faimon Roberts: Sharon Weston Broome's ad is sign of the depths of her desperation nola.com/opinions/politics-b… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: Sharon Weston Broome's ad is sign of desperation

Faimon RobertsEast Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's latest ad is an indication of the desperation within her campaign with less than two weeks to go before the election....

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Faimon Roberts: This rural Louisiana sheriff wants to reform the way his agency works. Here's how. nola.com/opinions/faimon-rob… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: This rural Louisiana sheriff wants to change the way his agency works. Here's how.

Faimon Roberts. He wants to reform the way his rural Sheriff's Office runs. But the obstacles are large.

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Faimon Roberts: In the East Baton Rouge Mayor's race, all eyes are on second place nola.com/opinions/east-baton… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: In the East Baton Rouge Mayor's race, all eyes are on second place

Faimon Roberts: In the East Baton Rouge Mayor's race, the real competition is for second.

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Faimon Roberts retweeted
Jeremy White@comicref13 Oct 2024
GO TO HELL, OLE MISS
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The Pineville scandal is sad and disappointing. But it's easy to see where the blame lies. nola.com/opinions/pineville-… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: In Pineville's sordid sex scandal, place blame where it belongs

Faimon Roberts: The Pineville scandal shows what happens when #metoo justice comes to a small Louisiana town. Blame should be put where it belongs.

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New Orleans' history of prosecuting Catholic clergy child abusers is tumultuous. One who recorded himself having sex with young men at a rectory and amassed prodigious collection of child abuse imagery was acquitted of criminal charges after his defense established that he ...
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Faimon Roberts: Now that he's convicted, will Republicans finally do something about their John Raymond problem? nola.com/opinions/courts-joh… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: John Raymond's conviction is a problem for Louisiana's Republicans

Faimon Roberts: Louisiana's Republicans have a problem in John Raymond. Now that he's been convicted, will they finally fix it?

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As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Raymond remains in the St. Tammany Parish jail on a $100,000 bond.
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Faimon Roberts retweeted
Ben Myers@blevimyers11 Sep 2024
Replying to @faimon
@faimon's column is always a great read. His latest contemplates the unknown in a Vernon Parish cemetery. "The cemetery’s existing records don’t shed light on who might be buried there, when they died or who buried them," he writes. nola.com/opinions/graves-lou…

Faimon Roberts: A cryptic grave marker in the middle of nowhere is a reminder of the haunting past

Faimon Roberts: It's a lone grave marker in the middle of a sprawling country cemetery. Why does it's mystery beckon?

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A lonely cemetery. A cryptic marker. Troubled history. nola.com/opinions/graves-lou…

Faimon Roberts: A cryptic grave marker in the middle of nowhere is a reminder of the haunting past

Faimon Roberts: It's a lone grave marker in the middle of a sprawling country cemetery. Why does it's mystery beckon?

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Louisiana has a complex relationship with water. But drinking water, which many of us take for granted, could be our next crisis. nola.com/opinions/drinking-w…
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What Republicans in Baton Rouge are learning from their New Orleans counterparts: nola.com/opinions/politics-b… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: Here's what Ted James' insurgent candidacy says about Baton Rouge...and Louisiana

In Baton Rouge, Republican support for Mayoral candidate Ted James has already been a campaign issue. But it's a sign that the city's conservative are pivoting to a strategy borrowed from New Orleans.

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