Matt McBride

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05 March 2026 19:22

Likely far more impactful would be a possible conversion of the seven-block long warehouse on Tchoup betw Louisiana and General Taylor from cargo handling to mixed retail. Unclear if their latest tenant would stay. That tenant? U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who moved in last year.

Matt McBride

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05 March 2026 19:22

Arresting journalists is so far over the line, the line isn't even a dot. It's just cosmic background radiation.

Matt McBride

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05 March 2026 19:22

"Put the city back together in the era of Reconstruction" He thinks the city was ruined under Union occupation during the Civil War?

Matt McBride

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05 March 2026 19:22

The passage below is a quote from the S&WB press release for today's South Claiborne water main break. What is strange is that S&WB appears to have gotten the size of the main wrong. Drawings for the project that replaced a portion of the same main 100 feet downstream show it is a 48" main, not 30".

Matt McBride

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05 March 2026 19:22

There is absolutely no reason for Sewerage and Water Board to be adding areas like this so long after a break. They have tons of water pressure data at the moment the break happened from their new smart meter system. Whether they know how to extract that data in timely fashion ...