Wednesday, December 05, 2018

The ol' NOLA cultural non-profit industrial complex

It's a tricky thing, that.  Creates all sorts of unsavory relationships
New Orleans city employees in seven departments were provided with hundreds of free tickets to Jazz Fest last year, a possible violation of state law that prohibits public employees from receiving gifts, according to a report issued Wednesday by the New Orleans Inspector General's Office.
Keep enough of the important people happy and they'll have your back when it counts.  It works both ways, in fact.
While officials at Entergy New Orleans appear ready to grudgingly pay a large fine related to the use of paid protesters, the utility in recent weeks has attempted to use its charitable largesse to fight back against the penalties likely to be imposed by the New Orleans City Council.

Communications obtained by The Lens show that in response to the proposed $5 million fine — over the use of paid actors who appeared at public meetings to support a proposed power plant — several beneficiaries of Entergy’s charitable giving sent letters supporting the company to council members.

At least two of the authors were directly asked to write the letters by an Entergy employee who oversees the company’s charitable giving.
It's fine, though. The principals involved here are all heads of non-profits, departmental higher-ups, and political appointees so nobody is in any real trouble. 

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