Matt Sledge

@mgsledge

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6th Ward
Joined December 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 22

    Reader email: "I hope your life is spotless--KARMA has everyone's number-and your number might be next."

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    8 hours ago

    Louisiana state Rep. , R-Bossier City, suggests in a committee meeting that kids wearing masks could be harmful. "We don't know that it doesn't hurt a child to wear a mask," he says.

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  3. 7 hours ago

    Had to wait in line last week for the first time over several tests since June. Probably some mix of surge and Thanksgiving. But free walk-up New Orleans site run by LCMC much better than reports from other states. In and out in 20 minutes, PCR results in 23 hours.

    Folks seeking a COVID test in New Orleans: What has the process been like lately? What is the wait and turnaround time? Did you seek a rapid or PCR test? Reply or DM me!
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  4. 9 hours ago

    New Orleans DA candidates Keva Landrum and Jason Williams met in a virtual forum hosted by Vera and the Louis Martinet Society yesterday. Here's the archived video:

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    Nov 21

    This will be a virtual forum between New Orleans District Attorney candidates, Former Chief Judge and New Orleans Council President tomorrow, Sunday, November 22nd at 5pm. Register for the forum at .

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    Nov 21

    A fight inside a Lower Garden District home Thursday left a 28-year-old man fatally stabbed and a 22-year-old man in jail on a count of murder. The accused murderer, Francisco Romero, claims he killed Daniel Dowd in self-defense. The rest is here. |

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    Nov 21

    Today’s 1A from My story about Jim Bernhard’s connection to the Drake Davis case here: My story about the LSU sexual assault protest here:

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  8. Nov 20

    As early voting begins, heat rises in Orleans Parish DA race between Keva Landrum, Jason Williams via

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    Nov 20

    The Saturn Bar was one of a kind, though it could get a chance for a second act. Here's where things stand now:

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  10. Nov 20

    Arthur Hunter's out with a statement on the New Orleans DA race today, but he isn't endorsing:

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  11. Nov 20

    That means that one of the candidates running to be DA, Jason Williams, voted for a budget that gives less money to the DA's office than the mayor wanted

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  12. Nov 20

    New Orleans City Council passed a budget that gives less to DA/Sheriff's Office/clerk and more to public defenders than mayor's proposal. But it falls short of the "parity" council promised, reports:

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  13. Nov 20

    Cardell Hayes case will add to stack of decisions facing next New Orleans DA via

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  14. Nov 20

    Not unusual for the rest of the country right now, but a worrying wait time for New Orleans

    Due to increased demand, test results from the drive-thru sites may take longer than normal. Right now, the is estimating 4 to 5 days for results.
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    Nov 19

    Today was a very, very odd day I testified before They held a hearing on hydroxychloroquine. Yup, HCQ In the middle of the worst surge of pandemic HCQ It was clear how our information architecture shapes questions of science and medicine of COVID A thread

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    Nov 19

    ICYMI: A heated and passionate exchange at tonight’s event for the Orleans DA Runoff Race between & that I had the pleasure to moderate. Thanks to New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and all the sponsors on this event.

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  17. Nov 19

    "The DA's office under Connick, under Landrum, under Cannizzaro, has been guided by a win-at-all costs culture," Williams shoots back. He says he'll replace it with a culture of "success for victims."

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  18. Nov 19

    Landrum, in her closing statement, calls Williams a grandstander: "This is not Hollywood or reality TV, these are real peoples' lives and real peoples' stories. And we want real reform."

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  19. Nov 19

    "I became the district attorney and the family asked me to send that case to federal court. I wrote a letter to our U.S. attorney," Landrum says. "In no way did I fail to bring that case to prosecution. That case was already brought and it was quashed, so he’s lying."

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  20. Nov 19

    Lots of back-and-forth on the Danziger Bridge case. The state prosecution was already foundering by the time Keva Landrum became interim DA in 2007, but Williams faults her for "punting" the case to the feds.

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  21. Nov 19

    Williams says Landrum is nothing more than a "surrogate" for Leon Cannizzaro, She says "he was the one who in fact supported Leon Cannizzaro in his campaign to be district attorney. Not me."

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