Now in his second term, Mayor Landrieu would be the first to tell you that he didn't work some sort of urban magic to bring New Orleans back.
While Tasini wants to bring the publishers to the table to work out some sort of compensation, the likelihood that any writer will receive much more than a pittance seems unlikely many freelancers are impossible to track down and some are probably dead.
That means continuing to meet with city officials to work out some sort of compromise, or finding other ways to actually use the bus for deliveries — like maybe taking it to various startup or corporate offices during lunchtime.
Commissioner Castro said the state would try to work out some sort of agreement that would allow boaters to continue to share the parking if the state can share the boat launch.
But even his vague comments last week about his openness to new revenues to resolve the fiscal impasse — and about a desire to work on some sort of immigration reform legislation, in a blunt acknowledgment of his party's weakness among Hispanic voters — got immediate pushback from some members, including Mr. Fleming and Representative Steve King of Iowa.
If clients did not have the money to pay for services, Mr. Benta would try to work out some sort of arrangement.
The administration's special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has been negotiating in Turkey in recent days to work out some sort of an agreement requiring Turkey to get approval first from a special consultative body before taking any action.
At mid-week, Mr Yushchenko's side seemed prepared to negotiate with Mr Kuchma and Mr Yanukovich, in an attempt to work out some sort of peaceful resolution.
But killing the legislation in the Senate would guarantee a government shutdown, and senators on both sides of the aisle would prefer to move the spending portion quickly, in hopes of leaving enough time to work out some sort of deal with the House.
After the bruising fight over SOPA — that is, the Stop Online Piracy Act — Washington was apparently in the mood to work out some sort of détente with the burgeoning tech sector, and given the potential regulatory overhang on their core businesses, the interest was requited.
