Hour 1: Is it possible that other entities have skipped payments to the Sewage & Water Board in the same fashion as Guste Homes?

This hour, Newell addresses the Housing Authority of New Orleans officially commissioning a forensic audit to investigate the management of the Guste Homes public housing development following the discovery of a $1.5 million outstanding water bill owed to the Sewerage and Water Board. Then, Jose Bautista, Professor of Economics at Xavier, joins the show to break down the tariffs and economic strategy outlined in the President’s State of the Union Address.