Despite conflicting reports, that location is closed, according to state Department of Social Services spokeswoman Cheryl Michelet. There is only one site open in New Orleans today, she said, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, which began taking applications at 8 a.m.
Lines at that location began forming around 1 a.m., and for a brief time around 7 a.m., police officers were sending people away from there as well, telling them to report to the New Orleans Public Library Branch at Tulane and Loyola avenues. That site has never been on a list for food stamp distribution, and it was unclear why the police believed it would be open. However, the public library has never been one of the sites listed by the Department of Social Services either on the Web site or by Michelet.
"I don't where (the officers) got that information from," said Bob Young, New Orleans Police Department spokesman. "All we are involved in is crowd control."
The lesson: Never trust the police. Also... any minute now, I'm expecting Library administrators to call this NOPD-generated incident a library "customer service" problem and sign everyone up for another day-long seminar.
Update for the commenting kids: The football post. It's coming... trust me. We're still a bit behind schedule around here.
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