9/13/2005

A convenient silence in Baton Rouge

A letter to the Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge notes that:

(1) The "Arc En Ciel" ("Rainbow") Saloon is to be razed. It was a Union hospital in the ACW.

(2) The razing benefits the owners of the Advocate.

(3) The Advocate has run no articles on the preservationists' efforts to save the structure.

(At least they ran the letter.)