• Who really believes that there are "JUST" going to be 200,000 fans gathered for Tuesday's Super Saints Parade?

  •  With city services being trimmed back and a budgetary shortfall, why should New Orleans taxpayers have to pay for the mayor's Super Bowl getaway?

  •  How many people expect the mayor to take care of any "legitimate" city business during his stay in Miami?

  •  How much of the additional revenue from sales taxes generated by the Saints Super Bowl run is going to be used to address homelessness, substance abuse and the needs of the city's elderly?

  •  How could Mardi Gras possibly compete with a Black and Gold Super Bowl?

  •  How different will the city look in terms of its skyline and improvements to its infrastructure by the time the Super Bowl returns to New Orleans in 2013?

  •  Now that Ed Blakely is gone and the city is on the way to electing a new mayor and City Council, how far are we away from seeing "cranes in the sky"?

  •  How much better would the pool of candidates for public office had been if generations of talented New Orleanians of color weren't forced to leave the state to find gainful employment and post-graduate opportunities?

   • Who would have ever guessed that so many Jefferson Parish elected officials would be forced to step down after being snagged in corruption scandals?

  •  Why has FOX News been saying so little about the four conservative activists who were arrested for trying to "bug" Senator Mary Landrieu's office phone lines?

  •  Why didn't Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal defend Senator Mary Landrieu's efforts to find a solution to the state's Medicaid crisis?

  •  Whether you're talking about bombing an abortion clinic, tapping a phone line or violating the constitutional rights of Americans, why is there always a perfectly good reason for those on the Right to break the law?

  •  How many supporters of the "Tea Party" movement have no access to health care and have lost their jobs and homes over the past year?

 •  What are you and your family doing to celebrate Black History Month?

This article was originally published in the February 8, 2010 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper