Thanks for the infomation.But its Price Gougeing that I expearence at …. a Large chane store in Laplace…No name here…. but i would like to blast it out and some of the items that was doubled & some times Trippled… And Was Putting out ( Rotten Produce ) ….I will never enter the doors of…W.-D. …. again… as long as i live… and i’m in my Sixties…. Thanks for letting me get it off my chest.
Melanie- can you please contact me by the e-mail I have provided- it is about a developer who is holding hostage an entire condo in the Warehouse district with the help of a crooked NOPD cop- we need help- the police have been called several times- with no help- our board is afraid of him-please contact me
For Saftey reasons name not given - October 13, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I have been a New Orleans resident since mid-August, and received my first parking violation by mail yesterday, October 20, 2008. The ticket is from a parking violation for an unposted “no stopping anytime” zone in the 5000 block of Magazine Street. This is not what concerns me (though as a new driver in this city it is relevant). My concern is that the issue date of the ticket is September 18, 2008; the hearing date would have been October 10, 2008, and my traffic ticket is postmarked October 15, 2008.
I think the police and the people of New Orleans would agree that a healthy democracy functions when there is a judge to appeal to — in my case, and in one other I have heard about (I don’t know many people here yet — perhaps there are more stories like mine) traffic violations posted by mail don’t give us the opportunity to make such an appeal. I’m happy to give you documentation of my ticket — I paid it online today to prevent the fine from doubling (again) to $100.
Dear Melanie,
Well I’m not sure where to start. I was talking to a friend and she told me to contact the local news stations. Well I’m a 20 yr old new mother of a 3 month old. She was born Aug. 19th, 2008. My fiancé and I have been trying to make it with no help. Well it all started right before my daughter was born. We had no gas in our apartment for almost 3 weeks. When I spoke to my landlord about it, because he was taking care of the gas, he just told me it was a leak and they were working on it. When I went to find out were he said the leak was there was no one working anywhere. I called the gas company (Entergy) and they wouldn’t give me any information on the account. So because of not having any gas, we were unable to bath and weren’t able to cook. Hence we had to go buy fast food and being the kind people we try to be we bought some food for our neighbors who were in the same boat. I was in my last week of pregnancy then, my landlord assured me that the gas would be fixed by the time we came back home with the baby. After spending 3 days in the hospital with the birth of my beautiful little girl the gas was still not on. I was so upset about not being able to give my little girl a bath or being able to fix her good bottles. Or even being able to tend to myself for the things I had to do for just having a baby. Plus still having to buy fast food in order to eat. When the gas finally does get turned back on, three days later we had to evacuate for Gustav. With having to spend most of our money on 3 weeks of fast food, we ended up having to sleeping in a Wal-Mart parking lot because we had no money for a hotel or gas. Finally my father sent us some money so me and his granddaughter could get a hotel room for a few nights. When we are able the come back home we end up having to spend the night and leave again because there was no electricity in the place or anything for that matter. So we left back once again and spent another week in a hotel waiting for the electricity and everything to be turned back on. Costing us another weeks pay. As well as my fiancé missing a week of work because of the birth of our little girl. Then him going back to work for a week or so and having to miss work again, because Gustav came. Putting him out of work almost 2 weeks. Plus all the expenses we ended up having to endure. Which in turn set us back almost 3 weeks, if not more, pay with having to evacuate and all. With that we just didn’t catch up and have yet to, due to all of the unexpected and unnecessary expenses. Two weeks after Gustav came, a friend gave us some numbers to some churches where they were giving people assistance. When I called I received no reply so I decided to just go ahead and go there in person only to be told from each place well ma’am I’m sorry but you will just have to wait tell next week to make an appointment. Calling first thing the day they asked me to and only to be told that I’m going to have to wait for the next month. I once again call not giving up. Finally get an appointment, but it wasn’t going to be for another 3 weeks. Hoping our landlord would give us tell then. We spoke to our landlord and explained to them what was going on and how we were trying but couldn’t quite make it, but also explained that we had an appointment to receive assistance. At this same time I receive a disconnection notice from the electric company not wanting my appliance’s shut off I had to overdraft my account so my daughter wouldn’t go without. When the appointment date for the assistance came, we went to all the appointments and ALL of them told us “We’re sorry but we don’t have the funds to help you.” Trying to pay rent proved to be hard we just tried so hard went without food and everything but we just couldn’t catch up. Finally we were able to pay some money on October 29th only 300 dollars but that’s all we had. A week after that, I spoke to my landlord and he told me to keep current and pay back on what you owe as you can. Then a week later, I went to the leasing agent to give her the 965 dollars and she would not except it because it was not the full amount we owed. Two days later we received an eviction notice that was filed with court to pay $2320 or vacate the premises‘. Which isn’t the correct amount because I paid $300 dollars to them which was taken out of my bank account. So now I am frantic because I’ve tried all my options applying for credit cards, loans everything I could think of only to find myself and my fiancé rejected from them all. So instead of celebrating thanksgiving we bought our baby formula and diapers. Then finally we thought we had a glimpse of hope on Sunday Nov. 30th. When my landlord accepted the 965 dollars. We were so overwhelmed with relief and joy, only for that to be smashed right back in our faces the next day with a knock at our door. The leasing agent came to our door handing our checks back and told us that we had to come up with the half of what we owe plus Decembers rent by the forth or move. If I was capable of paying that money I would have already, the only reason we were able to come up with the 300 dollars was because we sold our car that broke down on us not even a month after Gustav. With all of this I have told you please by the love of god help us out. I am just a desperate mother wanting to make sure my little girl is safe and warm.
Thank you for your time,
Jaime Hallada
If you would could please contact me. My number is 504-377-9242.
Melanie, I purchased a Whirlpool washer a couple of years ago and mold started about a month after that. I tried to clean the gasket, wiping it, brushing it, etc. I even had the insight ahead of time to leave the door open, thinking that all the dampness might lead to mold. It just got worse and smelled. I called about Sears but they said I would have to pay $300 to replace the gasket. I cleaned it with bleach and bought the tablets to get rid of the mold. Is there a Whirlpool class action lawsuit in the works?
subject: saving energy. Thanks for helping wake up new orleans to the green concept. Your segment on cfl lamps and kill a watt showed me that people are hungry for ways to cut their electric bill with out spending a small fortune on solar alteratives. Don’t get me wrong, solar is good. Problem is most can’t afford it. Thats where powerwoRxe3 comes in , ecoquest international has stepped up to the green energy plate and served up a whole house energy management system thats UL approved and has a US Dept of Energy certification. This unit saves energy,lowers electric bills, saves electronics and appliances from power surges and cleans up line noise. This system helps cfl lamps burn at max performance, and helps you get max life on the lamps. Clean power makes the whole homes electrical system work better. Being a master class A electrical contractor for 30 years, this product works. Please help me get the word out that a investment of less than $700.00 can return thousands in energy savings, save from replacing electronics to often and lowering electromagnetic fields. Everybody wins, when green house emmisions and landfills get reduced. I can be reached at 504-508-1811. Thanks again for keeping the public informed,Ben.
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Very pertinent and useful information. Really helps clear up many confusing issues. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the infomation.But its Price Gougeing that I expearence at …. a Large chane store in Laplace…No name here…. but i would like to blast it out and some of the items that was doubled & some times Trippled… And Was Putting out ( Rotten Produce ) ….I will never enter the doors of…W.-D. …. again… as long as i live… and i’m in my Sixties…. Thanks for letting me get it off my chest.
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Melanie- can you please contact me by the e-mail I have provided- it is about a developer who is holding hostage an entire condo in the Warehouse district with the help of a crooked NOPD cop- we need help- the police have been called several times- with no help- our board is afraid of him-please contact me
Hello Melanie –
I have been a New Orleans resident since mid-August, and received my first parking violation by mail yesterday, October 20, 2008. The ticket is from a parking violation for an unposted “no stopping anytime” zone in the 5000 block of Magazine Street. This is not what concerns me (though as a new driver in this city it is relevant). My concern is that the issue date of the ticket is September 18, 2008; the hearing date would have been October 10, 2008, and my traffic ticket is postmarked October 15, 2008.
I think the police and the people of New Orleans would agree that a healthy democracy functions when there is a judge to appeal to — in my case, and in one other I have heard about (I don’t know many people here yet — perhaps there are more stories like mine) traffic violations posted by mail don’t give us the opportunity to make such an appeal. I’m happy to give you documentation of my ticket — I paid it online today to prevent the fine from doubling (again) to $100.
Many thanks,
Shannon Payne
tel: 513.967.5755
You may want to list them on your site regarding Contractor Fraud. Consumers can report to them, but what a waste of time!
http://www.lslbc.louisiana.gov/
Dear Melanie,
Well I’m not sure where to start. I was talking to a friend and she told me to contact the local news stations. Well I’m a 20 yr old new mother of a 3 month old. She was born Aug. 19th, 2008. My fiancé and I have been trying to make it with no help. Well it all started right before my daughter was born. We had no gas in our apartment for almost 3 weeks. When I spoke to my landlord about it, because he was taking care of the gas, he just told me it was a leak and they were working on it. When I went to find out were he said the leak was there was no one working anywhere. I called the gas company (Entergy) and they wouldn’t give me any information on the account. So because of not having any gas, we were unable to bath and weren’t able to cook. Hence we had to go buy fast food and being the kind people we try to be we bought some food for our neighbors who were in the same boat. I was in my last week of pregnancy then, my landlord assured me that the gas would be fixed by the time we came back home with the baby. After spending 3 days in the hospital with the birth of my beautiful little girl the gas was still not on. I was so upset about not being able to give my little girl a bath or being able to fix her good bottles. Or even being able to tend to myself for the things I had to do for just having a baby. Plus still having to buy fast food in order to eat. When the gas finally does get turned back on, three days later we had to evacuate for Gustav. With having to spend most of our money on 3 weeks of fast food, we ended up having to sleeping in a Wal-Mart parking lot because we had no money for a hotel or gas. Finally my father sent us some money so me and his granddaughter could get a hotel room for a few nights. When we are able the come back home we end up having to spend the night and leave again because there was no electricity in the place or anything for that matter. So we left back once again and spent another week in a hotel waiting for the electricity and everything to be turned back on. Costing us another weeks pay. As well as my fiancé missing a week of work because of the birth of our little girl. Then him going back to work for a week or so and having to miss work again, because Gustav came. Putting him out of work almost 2 weeks. Plus all the expenses we ended up having to endure. Which in turn set us back almost 3 weeks, if not more, pay with having to evacuate and all. With that we just didn’t catch up and have yet to, due to all of the unexpected and unnecessary expenses. Two weeks after Gustav came, a friend gave us some numbers to some churches where they were giving people assistance. When I called I received no reply so I decided to just go ahead and go there in person only to be told from each place well ma’am I’m sorry but you will just have to wait tell next week to make an appointment. Calling first thing the day they asked me to and only to be told that I’m going to have to wait for the next month. I once again call not giving up. Finally get an appointment, but it wasn’t going to be for another 3 weeks. Hoping our landlord would give us tell then. We spoke to our landlord and explained to them what was going on and how we were trying but couldn’t quite make it, but also explained that we had an appointment to receive assistance. At this same time I receive a disconnection notice from the electric company not wanting my appliance’s shut off I had to overdraft my account so my daughter wouldn’t go without. When the appointment date for the assistance came, we went to all the appointments and ALL of them told us “We’re sorry but we don’t have the funds to help you.” Trying to pay rent proved to be hard we just tried so hard went without food and everything but we just couldn’t catch up. Finally we were able to pay some money on October 29th only 300 dollars but that’s all we had. A week after that, I spoke to my landlord and he told me to keep current and pay back on what you owe as you can. Then a week later, I went to the leasing agent to give her the 965 dollars and she would not except it because it was not the full amount we owed. Two days later we received an eviction notice that was filed with court to pay $2320 or vacate the premises‘. Which isn’t the correct amount because I paid $300 dollars to them which was taken out of my bank account. So now I am frantic because I’ve tried all my options applying for credit cards, loans everything I could think of only to find myself and my fiancé rejected from them all. So instead of celebrating thanksgiving we bought our baby formula and diapers. Then finally we thought we had a glimpse of hope on Sunday Nov. 30th. When my landlord accepted the 965 dollars. We were so overwhelmed with relief and joy, only for that to be smashed right back in our faces the next day with a knock at our door. The leasing agent came to our door handing our checks back and told us that we had to come up with the half of what we owe plus Decembers rent by the forth or move. If I was capable of paying that money I would have already, the only reason we were able to come up with the 300 dollars was because we sold our car that broke down on us not even a month after Gustav. With all of this I have told you please by the love of god help us out. I am just a desperate mother wanting to make sure my little girl is safe and warm.
Thank you for your time,
Jaime Hallada
If you would could please contact me. My number is 504-377-9242.
Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.
Melanie, I purchased a Whirlpool washer a couple of years ago and mold started about a month after that. I tried to clean the gasket, wiping it, brushing it, etc. I even had the insight ahead of time to leave the door open, thinking that all the dampness might lead to mold. It just got worse and smelled. I called about Sears but they said I would have to pay $300 to replace the gasket. I cleaned it with bleach and bought the tablets to get rid of the mold. Is there a Whirlpool class action lawsuit in the works?
subject: saving energy. Thanks for helping wake up new orleans to the green concept. Your segment on cfl lamps and kill a watt showed me that people are hungry for ways to cut their electric bill with out spending a small fortune on solar alteratives. Don’t get me wrong, solar is good. Problem is most can’t afford it. Thats where powerwoRxe3 comes in , ecoquest international has stepped up to the green energy plate and served up a whole house energy management system thats UL approved and has a US Dept of Energy certification. This unit saves energy,lowers electric bills, saves electronics and appliances from power surges and cleans up line noise. This system helps cfl lamps burn at max performance, and helps you get max life on the lamps. Clean power makes the whole homes electrical system work better. Being a master class A electrical contractor for 30 years, this product works. Please help me get the word out that a investment of less than $700.00 can return thousands in energy savings, save from replacing electronics to often and lowering electromagnetic fields. Everybody wins, when green house emmisions and landfills get reduced. I can be reached at 504-508-1811. Thanks again for keeping the public informed,Ben.