Stacy Head could just move to Metairie

Tina Fey couldn't be as uptight as Stacy Head if she tried. Get a load of this load, courtesy of David.

Councilwoman Stacy Head said she is in favor of a "zero tolerance" policy on littering and public drunkenness. Head said that she would not want those kind of violators arrested, but advocated that officers, for example, write summonses for people they spot flicking away a cigarette butt.

This is an example of the New New Orleans that some people want. Judging from this, I'd say Stacy is more or less a young version of Mme. Clarkson. Let's run them folks off to jail for havin' a 40. Don't say I didn't warn y'all.

Anybody that favors a "zero tolerance" policy on pretty much anything is a fascist.

I guess the main thing keeping her from moving to Metairie (It's safe here!) is that she can't flip houses as well over there. Maybe she could move here, and take the "sidewalk to nowhere".

Comments

[barbawit]

Until the city develops a no tolerance policy towards crack dealers I suggest leaving the cigarette butt flickers alone. The obsession with trash by the loal politicos blows my mind when you take a look around at so many other issues that should be at the top of the list.

[anonymous]

Um, I have to confess: I think Tina Fey and Stacy Head are both kinda hot.

That doesn't mean I agree with 'em, but . . .

[Brian]

Alas for those who don't understand that the "broken windows" theory doesn't work uniformly in every metropolitan area.

[Loki]

While I agree that stopping people from littering and continuing to trash our already trashed city i a god idea I would really rather have the killings dealt with.

I will fight the snippy soccer mom vision of the shiney New New Orleans with every breath.

[Puddinhead]

Ah, yes...let us who almost universally feel New Orleans has a serious litter problem jump all over a representative who actually suggests doing something about it because we don't like her politics. And yes, I DON'T like her politics.

[ashley Morris]

Howdy Puddinhead...don't you think we have some higher priorities right now than ticketing people who flick their butts? Just maybe?

[saintseester]

While I agree that litter is not pretty, focusing very limited resources to ticket litterbugs is akin to treating breast cancer with microdermabrasion instead of chemo.

[bayoustjohndavid]

I'm a little more favorably inclined toward Ms. Head than you are, partly because she bothered to answer an email, even though she's not my representative --Carter (my councilman) didn't. Arnie's reply was perfunctory at best, I somehow forgot Oliver. But that only goes so far. The drunkenness enforcement is absurd on its face and I don't see how a city can enforce litter ordinances when most of the garbage cans are still being cleaned and serviced or something. I'd have been tempted to litter earlier today if the people at Pandora's sno-balls hadn't put out a can to replace the one that the city removed.

Sorry for that digression, the main point is that all the council members seem to be thinking in terms of what seems like a good idea, not in terms of how best to allocate very limited resources -- man hours are as much a resource as money. I have no idea what the mayor's thinking in terms of.

[aaron]

The mayor thinks?