New Orleans CityBusiness articles from April 2005

New Orleans CityBusiness archives from April 2005

$64M Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport runway rehab needs to land on schedule.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Terry O'Connor A Civil District Court ruling in Orleans Parish will soon answer a key $64 million question. At issue is a critical project at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The primary runway is being...

Official for N.O. Children's Hospital concerned with proposed Medicaid cuts.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster Children's Hospital of New Orleans is feeling its age as it approaches its 50th anniversary. The New Orleans facility is not alone. Low federal reimbursement rates and proposed cuts to the Medicaid program...

Commentary: Publisher's Notes: State takeover could be last hope for Orleans schools.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Mark Singletary This time last week I was all excited to learn about an incredible experiment taking place in the classrooms of the Orleans Parish School System. The school district and our local Junior Achievement organization...

Fair Grounds owners betting on image upgrade for New Orleans.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Chris Price Fair Grounds Race Course wrapped up its 133rd season of racing March 27, ending a tumultuous year in which the track faced bankruptcy, changed ownership and strove to improve its image through facility upgrades and...

Business lobby outlines plans for handling Louisiana's property tax.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky Hampering the ability of local taxing authorities to sneak through property tax increases is at the top of the agenda for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. When the Legislature begins its...

Gasoline futures absorb aftershocks from BP refinery explosion.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky Gasoline futures prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose to record highs last week within minutes of news breaking about a deadly fire at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas. Oil prices followed, rising...

Covington-based Stirling Properties lands $20M Walgreens store deal.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Stirling Properties will develop five new Walgreens drugstores in Louisiana with sites in Covington, Ponchatoula, Rayne and Broussard. The stores will average $4 million in construction costs, according to Stirling. ...

Whole Foods site in New Orleans goes up for sale.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Those interested in buying the Whole Foods Market building at 3135 Esplanade Ave. have two weeks to put their money on the table. The property officially went on sale March 28 through Latter & Blum Inc./Realtors. Bids are...

Carnival revelers in New Orleans propel 4.8% airport increase.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff An early Carnival season helped February become one of the strongest months for ridership ever at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The influx of revelers were included in the 410,319 passengers aboard planes...

Belle Chasse-based Duffy & McGovern nets $1.8M in new contracts.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Belle Chasse-based offshore accommodation provider Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services has secured more than $1.8 million in new contracts to provide modular living quarters for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of...

Downtown Development District of New Orleans will resume Wednesday concerts.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The crawl of workday traffic out of downtown New Orleans makes some commuters hesitant to hit the road. Starting Wednesday, the Downtown Development District will give workers a reason to delay the trip home. The DDD...

Interview with Joseph R. Matthews, employee of 27 years with the New Orleans Fire Department.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts Joseph R. Matthews, an employee of 27 years with the New Orleans Fire Department, was plucked by the city March 7 to take over the Office of Emergency Preparedness. He replaces Terry Tullier, who retired in December....

Federal jury rules Orleans Parish D.A. discriminated against 43 white and Hispanic employees.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff A federal jury ruled Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan discriminated against the 43 white and Hispanic employees he fired in 2003. Jordan will appeal the ruling. Plaintiff awards total $1.9 million, including back...

Auditors predict N.O. Public Schools could run $3.7M into the red.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff New Orleans Public Schools was broke at the end of the 2003-2004 fiscal year, according to an external audit by Baton Rouge accounting firm of Postlethwaite and Netterville. The system had $120,000 in the bank by June, a...

Former assistant attorney for the city of N.O. confesses to bribery scheme to fix traffic tickets.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Edwin Burks, a former assistant attorney for the city of New Orleans, has confessed to participating in a bribery scheme to fix traffic tickets. Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for Louisiana's eastern district, charged Burks...

N.O. Mayor will have former state Rep. Leo Watermeier as opponent in 2006 mayoral election.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Former state Rep. Leo Watermeier is the first to oppose Mayor C. Ray Nagin in the 2006 New Orleans mayoral election. The New Orleans native was a state representative from 1980-84 and managed Louis Armstrong Park from...

N.O. native named general manager of La. Superdome & N.O. Arena.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Glenn Menard was named general manager of the Louisiana Superdome and the New Orleans Arena by SMG, the Philadelphia-based private management company for the two facilities. Menard is the first New Orleans native to head the...

New Orleans Zephyrs names Ron Maestri, as executive director and chief operating officer.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The New Orleans Zephyrs named Ron Maestri, 64, their executive director and chief operating officer. Mike Schline was also confirmed as the Z's new general manager of baseball operations. Maestri had been with the Greater...

Port of N.O. approves five-year agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The Port of New Orleans Board of Directors unanimously approved a five-year agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines at the Julia Street terminal. The two entities did not have a long-term agreement previously. The...

N.O. Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau reopens sales offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau has reopened convention sales offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C. The bureau closed the offices in 2003 after a business slump precipitated by the Sept. 11,...

Peggy Scott, chief financial officer at Pan-American Life, resigns.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Peggy Scott, chief financial officer at Pan-American Life, has resigned. She joined the company in 1999 and had been in charge of Pan-American's U.S. and offshore individual and group insurance operations since last summer....

Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group Inc. awarded $8M contract.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest Division, awarded Shaw Group Inc. subsidiary Shaw Infrastructure Inc. an $8 million contract to provide environmental management services at various U.S. Navy and Marine...

Le Grand Executif: Arthur Sterbcow, president of Latter & Blum.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts Arthur Sterbcow drives 50 miles one way from his home in Abita Springs to reach his office in downtown New Orleans. He exits the interstate as quickly as possible in favor of back roads winding through...

New Orleans real estate executive traded medicine for realty.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts He was almost Dr. Sterbcow. While studying at Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans, Arthur Sterbcow was charting a course toward a career in medicine. Success in real estate sales...

Le Grand Executif: Sterbcow uses tech savvy to gain property listing edge.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts Latter & Blum CEO Arthur Sterbcow puts a lot of faith in technology. Those who know Sterbcow agree he excels in technology. "He's so technically astute when it comes to the Internet," said Robert Merrick,...

New Orleans officials pondering risky strategy to spare military base.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts Only six weeks remain until the U.S. Department of Defense announces whether to shut down the Naval Support Activity base in Algiers. As the May 16 deadline speeds closer, New Orleans officials desperate to...

Las Vegas-based Harrah's promotes John Payne to Gulf Coast regional president.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Harrah's New Orleans General Manager John Payne will be promoted to Gulf Coast regional president following regulatory approval of the company's merger with Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment, company officials announced....

Musician Reznor sells New Orleans mansion for $1.8 million.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff The Garden District mansion owned by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor the past 10 years has been sold for $1.8 million. Reznor put his home at 2425 Coliseum St. up for sale last September after splitting with his...

Sterbcow family buys Magnolia Plantation banquet hall in Harahan.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Magnolia Plantation banquet and reception hall in Harahan has been run by the family of Craig and Candace Geraci for 27 years. But the Geracis are retiring and as of March 31, the 15,000-square-foot facility the Geracis...

Minerals Management Service study tracks bird migration pit stops in Gulf of Mexico.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff A three-year study by the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico Region, has detailed the cozy relationship between migrating birds and oil and gas drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Every year millions of...

La. appellate court denies latest appeal for N.O. rapper Corey Miller.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Staff New Orleans rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller, brother of No Limit Records founder Percy "Master P" Miller, faces life in prison after the courts shot down his latest appeal. C-Murder was convicted Sept. 30, 2003 in the...

New Orleans officials call condo project the largest in Treme neighborhood's history.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts David Carimi's condominium project is making history in one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans. Officials are calling Colonial Condominiums the largest condo project in the Treme neighborhood's history. The...

State's projected budget shortfall could impede Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation's efforts.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Chris Price The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation has turned a $25 million investment from public and private sources into a $1 billion economic impact on the state of Louisiana since 1998 - a 40-to-1 return on investment. ...

Jefferson Parish Public School system recruits against private school rivals.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts Beth Rittler is the kind of parent the Jefferson Parish Public School system is trying to win over. Rittler lives in Metairie and attended public schools in Jefferson Parish as a child. But she now sends her son,...

Tax Freedom Day is April 17 this year.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Tax Freedom Day comes just two days after Uncle Sam's tax deadline this year. Tax Freedom Day is the day the average American has earned enough to pay taxes for the year. April 17 is Tax Freedom Day this year, according...

Louisiana Senate gives visiting Thailand princess the title of honorary state senator.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff It's not every day a princess comes to New Orleans. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of Thailand paid a visit last week to Tulane University's School of Public Health. As a gift, the Louisiana Senate bestowed the title of...

Hammond native named finalist for UPN show 'America's Next Top Model'.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Christianne Cyprian, a Hammond native and student of the John Robert Powers modeling agency, is one of the 14 finalists for the fifth season of the UPN show, "America's Next Top Model," with Tyra Banks. Cyprian, 19,...

La. Department of Environmental Quality to add Honda Civic hybrids to its fleet.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will soon add two new Honda Civic hybrids to its fleet of vehicles. The cars, which cost $21,000, are gas-electric hybrids that get more than 50 miles per gallon, according to...

Waterfront homes in New Orleans are cheaper than in other markets, say real estate experts.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts A description of property in Venetian Isles makes it sound like something only the rich can afford. In the eastern New Orleans community, lots overlook waterways where residents can catch crabs and dock boats in...

Improved licensing regulations in La. help home inspectors grow into more competitive field.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Tommy Santora Improved licensing regulations and standards over the past four years - combined with a booming real estate market - have helped home inspectors grow into one of the most competitive fields in the state. As of...

Commentary: Proposed Medicaid cuts place unreasonable burden on states.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Terry O'Connor No reasonable business owner would expect to remain in business while reaping only 84 cents in compensation for every $1 in services rendered. A first-grade math student would reject this business model. Yet...

Commentary: Publisher's Notes: Tenuous school finances reflect bankrupt oversight policy.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Mark Singletary Although I didn't get to talk with everyone involved, I won't let that stop me; I'll just speculate about what happens if New Orleans Public Schools can't make its payroll this week. We've all been warned it...

Slidell man fights deadly asbestos and lawsuit liability limits.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster Terry Cardaro thought he had a cold. Instead, his doctor told him he had four to eight months to live. Cardaro, a Slidell resident, feared this day ever since he heard a woman at a 1983 pool party describe...

Experts predict U.S. gas prices will accelerate above $2.35.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Chris Price Oil prices topped a record high $58 a barrel last week before settling just above $56, and the spike has caused global gas prices to climb to record levels. New Orleans drivers - who usually pay some of the lowest...

Deepwater drilling increases need for offshore living quarters for oil and gas company workers.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky Spending two weeks working on an offshore oil rig isn't much fun but a Belle Chasse company is making it a little easier to bear. Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services, which provides offshore living quarters...

ExxonMobil wants bigger reduction in $1 billion damage award, plans appeal to La. Supreme Court.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky A $1 billion damage award industry officials blame for scaring oil companies away from doing business in Louisiana has been reduced by 90 percent. Still, the defendant in the case, Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil...

New Orleans Hospitality Briefs: April 11, 2005.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster Lower St. Charles Avenue will soon add another restaurant to its growing menu of dining options. Zea Rotisserie and Grill will open Aug. 1 in the former location of the bankrupt New Orleans City Club at 1525...

Iberville residents protest Housing Authority of New Orleans' building plans.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Residents of the Iberville Housing Development took to the streets Thursday to protest plans to tear down their homes. The Hands Off Iberville Coalition gathered in front of 1201 Canal St., formerly the Krauss Department...

ACLU files contempt motion against Tangipahoa school board for violating school prayer ban.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion for criminal contempt Wednesday against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for violating a court order banning prayer at athletic events. It's the second contempt motion filed...

La. lawmaker wants to give property owners a tax credit for erosion-control efforts.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Rep. Charles Melancon, D-Napoleonville, wants to give property owners a tax credit equal to the amount they spend on private erosion-control projects. "This is not intended to be a silver-bullet bill to save our coast,"...

Investor watchdog groups criticize San Diego-based Sempra Energy for annual meeting location.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff San Diego-based Sempra Energy, which has applied for federal approval to build several liquefied natural gas terminals in the Gulf of Mexico, is taking heat for holding its annual shareholder meeting in London. Investor...

Ex-La. Dept. of Environmental Quality official supports brownfield legislation.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Louisiana's more than 23,000 brownfields could cost $300,000 to $1 million apiece to clean up, said a former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Martha Madden gave the estimate at a meeting of the...

Sarbanes-Oxley increasing audit costs for New Orleans public companies.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Greg LaRose Orthodontics Centers of America Inc., a dental and orthodontics business services company based in Metairie, expected to complete its 2004 financial report in March. OCA wasn't able to do that. The company struggled...

Interview with Glenn Menard, general manager of La. Superdome and the New Orleans Arena.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Chris Price Glenn Menard was named general manager of the Louisiana Superdome and the New Orleans Arena on March 1 by SMG, the Philadelphia-based private management company for the two facilities. Menard is the first New Orleans...

Forbes magazine ranks Entergy Corp. as La.'s only Fortune 500 company.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Entergy Corp. is Louisiana's only Fortune 500 company, according to the latest Forbes magazine rankings. The utility company ranked No. 221 this year with revenues of $10.1 billion for 2004, down from No. 217 in 2004. ...

Education organization says reducing La.'s dropout rate could generate $85M in higher salaries.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff The Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, said reducing Louisiana's high school dropout rate could generate $85 million in higher salaries. The organization said 63 percent of Louisiana's...

DirectAir wants to fly fleet of 737's out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Officials at DirectAir, a proposed low-fare airline, want permission to fly a fleet of 50 Boeing 737s out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport with 150 daily departures. DirectAir would connect 41 U.S. cities...

NY-based shoe retailer Nine West to open new store on Canal Street in New Orleans.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Nine West, a New York retailer known for its shoes, plans to open a 2,735-square-foot store on the first floor of 706-708 Canal St. off St. Charles Ave. Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors of New Orleans handled the lease. No opening...

Night concerts to return to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Two New Orleans music promotion companies have formed a partnership to bring night concerts back to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival fans. Family Fish and MotherShip Entertainment announced a series of concerts to...

New Orleans-based Energy Partners Ltd. drills five successful wells so far this year.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff New Orleans-based oil production company Energy Partners Ltd. has drilled five successful wells so far this year with three offshore and two onshore in south Louisiana. EPL is on track to meet its goal of 50 exploratory...

Norwegian company unable to close deal for six vessels with New Orleans-based Tidewater.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff New Orleans-based Tidewater Inc. said the Norwegian company Deep Sea Supply, which was seeking to buy six supply vessels from Tidewater, advised the company it was unable to meet a closing condition for the deal. ...

Global Industries Offshore LLC awarded a $212M contract by India's national oil co.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Global Industries Ltd. of Carlyss announced its subsidiary, Global Industries Offshore LLC has been awarded a $212 million contract by ONGC, India's national oil company, to replace approximately 115 miles of oil and gas...

Waiter at New Orleans bistro arrested by Secret Service for creating counterfeit credit cards.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Federal prosecutors say a waiter at Mr. B's Bistro paid other waiters to steal credit card information from customers so he could create counterfeit cards. The Secret Service arrested Ali Hasan, 20, on March 17 while in...

PJ's Coffee to introduce 11 PJ's Coffee & Wine Bar concepts to metro Atlanta.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff PJ's Coffee will introduce 11 PJ's Coffee & Wine Bar concepts to metro Atlanta beginning in April. PJ's Coffee and Wine Bar is an expansion of the original PJ's Coffee concept, born in New Orleans, which features coffee and...

Tulane University files about 1,000 tax returns for low-income workers this tax season.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Tulane University has filed about 1,000 tax returns for low-income workers this tax season. The free service is expected to help nearly 1,200 filers, said Neill Goslin, program manager for the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for...

New Orleans continues to fumble in trying to retain Algiers base.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Terry O'Connor With little more than one month remaining before the U.S. Department of Defense decides whether to close the Naval Support Activity base in Algiers, it's hard to applaud city retention efforts in any way. Mayor...

Interview with Jamil Sharif, New Orleans trumpeter.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster New Orleans trumpeter Jamil Sharif was musical coordinator for the 2004 motion picture "Ray." He is son of famed jazz musician Umar Sharif who tutored composer and arranger Quincy Jones, who was featured in the...

Kenner-based TransOceanic Shipping Co. merging with PWC Logistics.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Kenner-based TransOceanic Shipping Co. is merging with Kuwait-based PWC Logistics, a transportation and warehousing provider in the Middle East. TransOceanic, a privately held family company, will become a subsidiary of...

Louisiana legislative auditor won't support N.O. Public Schools borrowing funds.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Steve Theriot, Louisiana legislative auditor, says he won't support New Orleans Public Schools borrowing up to $50 million to fund payroll and other looming expenses. Theriot said the system faces an annual deficit of $19...

Recent testing of N.O. bars reveals less favorable treatment to African-American customers.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center said a "mystery customer" test found 16 instances of "less favorable treatment" to African-American customers at Bourbon Street bars in February and March. The names of the...

Lafayette-based PetroQuest Energy Inc. acquires N.O.-based TDC Energy.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Lafayette-based PetroQuest Energy Inc. acquired New Orleans oil and gas company TDC Energy LLC in a deal valued at close to $17 million. Ten jobs in New Orleans are expected to be lost in the sale. PetroQuest reports...

Pam Keller named new economic development director for Covington.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Covington Mayor Candace Watkins named Pam Keller economic development director for Covington. Keller has worked for the city since October 2001 serving as assistant to the mayor, deputy tax collector and director of events....

N.O.-based Entergy Corp. expects decline in earnings for first-quarter.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Entergy Corp. expects first-quarter earnings of 79 cents per share, down 10 percent from the 88 cents per share earned in first-quarter 2004. The slip is due primarily to an earnings decline at Entergy's Utility, Parent...

N.O. World Trade Center hotel conversion case reaches Louisiana Supreme Court.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff The New Orleans World Trade Center hotel conversion case reached the state Supreme Court, culminating a year of legal challenges. The ruling, which will come at a yet-to-be-determined date, will likely decide the case, said...

Newly elected N.O. City Councilwoman takes oath of office.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff New Orleans City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell took her oath of office for Council District D in a private ceremony at her home. She will attend the first council meeting Thursday. Hedge-Morrell was elected to fill...

Jefferson-based Stewart Enterprises Inc. appoints chairman of its board of directors.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff Stewart Enterprises Inc. appointed John Laborde chairman of its board of directors. Laborde has been an independent director of the company since 1995 and serves as chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating...

Jefferson Parish holds national record for percentage of private school attendance.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Staff A Jefferson Parish Public School survey shows 76 percent of 1,670 respondents would send their children to magnet schools. The school system conducted the survey in March to find ways to draw students into public schools....

Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Odom backs off from power push to regulate gas prices.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom may quit fighting to bolster gasoline prices and punish retailers who refuse to mark up fuel prices the required 6 percent. After the Senate Agriculture Committee...

Churchill Downs push for slots jangles New Orleans neighborhood nerves.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Chris Price New Orleans City Planning officials decided April 12 to give Churchill Downs Inc. an extra month to meet with neighborhood residents before voting on whether the company can add slot machines to the Fair Grounds Race...

City of N.O.'s red tape delays 'Dream Treme' as just two of 25 homes built.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Deon Roberts A year ago, city officials unveiled a plan to build dozens of homes for the poor in Treme. Ujamaa Community Development Corp. would head "Catch the Dream Treme," a project designed to produce 25 homes in a year,...

Commentary: Publisher's Notes: Next N.O. superintendent must be proven educator who can count.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Mark Singletary Here we stand at yet another crossroads. When Orleans Parish School Superintendent Anthony Amato abruptly resigned from his job last Tuesday, I heard several people wonder aloud if any one person was up to the...

Port seeking $25M to fund projects, keep Maersk in N.O.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Chris Price The Port of New Orleans is seeking $25 million from state and federal coffers this legislative session to fund three major projects. One project, insiders say, involves retaining Maersk/Sealand, the world's largest...

Anti-smoking efforts target youths before they light up.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster Dr. Victor DeNoble told eighth-grade students at Lusher Elementary Extension a story about several rats he monitored in the early 1980s. He told them how the rats had a strict, daily routine in which they would...

Plant turning Jefferson Parish Sanitary Landfill stink into useable gas.
April 18, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky The Jefferson Parish Sanitary Landfill has installed millions of dollars' worth of equipment over the past 10 years to cut the stink of decomposing garbage. Now, they've found a new solution to the problem....