One of See-Ray's hand picked saviors of New Orleans, Boysie Bollinger, is bailing on New Orleans. He's going to relocate his bidness to Sulphur or Morgan City.
Bollinger Shipyards plans to shutter its business on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans by the end of next year.
Mook.
ashley, i don't know if you write the code for your blog yourself, but something is up with the RSS feed - it's showing all the HTML tags in my reader. just a heads up.
and yeah, ugh, bollinger.
Posted by: senior | 21 October 2007 at 03:05 AM
He's still got other stuff in NOLA, though. I honestly think Bollinger likes NOLA a lot.
At least he's not moving it to Mobile or Houston.
Posted by: Mr. Clio | 21 October 2007 at 07:50 AM
This is a loss for the city, for sure, but you can hardly blame them can you? With the MRGO closing, this facility on Jordan Rd. has no purpose. The ships it is made to serve can not get to the facility.
Posted by: ClarkT | 21 October 2007 at 08:25 AM
It all depends upon what an individual wants to give and sacrifice.
If it makes business sense, then I suppose it is what anyone would do; sort of like teaching in Chicago while living in Louisiana when LA faces a teacher shortage.
Posted by: EC | 22 October 2007 at 09:58 AM
ec, you don't know what you're talking about. I'm a university professor, not a HS teacher. I'm not even certified for HS any more. And in case you didn't notice, Tulane and Loyola canned their CompSci programs, so there aren't any jobs here anyway.
But thanks for the slam.
Posted by: ashley | 22 October 2007 at 11:15 AM
What slam?
I don’t quite understand your defensive posture. Just as you, Bollinger is just seeking conditions that are more favorable for his economic well being. Not a thing wrong with that or what you are doing. Chill.
Posted by: EC | 22 October 2007 at 01:09 PM