Sandra Wheeler Hester is an activist and former television host from
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
.
Prior to
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...
, she hosted the Hester Report on
Public-access television
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in New Orleans. Her programs were generally critical of local government, particularly the
Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish (; ) is a parish of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 1870, the parish has been coextensive with the city of New Orleans, and the parish and city are largely governed as a single consolidated city.
History
On April 10, 180 ...
School Board. After the storm, she settled in
Glasgow, Missouri
Glasgow is a city on the Missouri River mostly in northwest Howard County and extending into the southeast corner of Chariton County in Missouri, United States. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 census.
The Howard County portion of Glasg ...
. She continues to be active in New Orleans social issues, frequently disrupting public meetings.
[http://www.wdsu.com/Council-Battles-Disruptive-Meeting-Behavior/-/9854144/10973646/-/wtosw5z/-/index.html]
References
External links
*http://www.nola.com/rose/t-p/index.ssf?/rose/katrina/sandra_wheeler_hester.html
*http://b.rox.com/2006/09/07/the-hester-report/
*http://habitatforurbanity.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/have-you-seen-this-woman/
*http://thethirdbattleofneworleans.blogspot.com/2005/11/hester-report.html
Living people
Activists from New Orleans
People from Glasgow, Missouri
Year of birth missing (living people)
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