| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Lack of response: The failure of a deputy constable to rush to a reported rape just a block from his location in the French Quarter over the summer shocked a lot of folks. Now, reporter Joseph Cranney has more about the now-former deputy constable’s response, or lack thereof. ‘We have a shark problem.’ Have you read the story about the three boaters plucked from the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend? Everything, it seems, was working against them. Weather. Rough seas. Even hungry sharks. And yet, amazingly, they survived, Missy Wilkinson writes. Recreation Revival: Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng held her second community recreation forum Monday night, this time at Avondale playground. The parish wants to revamp some of its underutilized playgrounds, but officials have run into some stiff resistence early in the process. Blake Paterson has the report from Monday's meeting. N.O.’s first vampires? It's October, so what better time to talk about vampires. Mike Scott, one of our resident purveyors of such things, has a story today about the “vampires” – i.e. casket girls -- and the old Ursuline Convent. I know, right? Vampires. A Convent. Casket girls. All the makings of a great yarn. Thanks for reading Lunch Line today – and remember, you can keep up all day long at NOLA.com. Bob | 