James Gill is a writer and a columnist from the United Kingdom. Gill emigrated to

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from Great Britain in 1977. Gill worked for the ''

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'', in New Orleans, Louisiana, before joining the staff of '' The Advocate''. He has written books about the

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celebration. Like

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and Jeff Crouere, Gill has made a career of lampooning Louisiana political figures. When he does go after public officials in other states or nations, he often compares them to public figures in Louisiana. Gill has a loyal readership in the circulation area of the ''Times-Picayune'', his wit often (but not always) entertaining even those who disagree with him. One of Gill's favorite topics in late 2008 and early 2009 was

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, who ousted indicted incumbent

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Louisiana's 2nd congressional district Louisiana's 2nd congressional district contains nearly all of the city of New Orleans and stretches west and north to Baton Rouge. The district is currently represented by Democrat Troy Carter. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+25, ...

—and related issues such as the

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and repercussions related to

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woman

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. In April 2009, Gill championed of the use of unstaffed cameras to photograph and ticket motorists who ignore red lights. Gill has written three books, two of them on the New Orleans

. His ''Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans'' was the first book to examine the role of Mardi Gras in New Orleans' political and social development as well as the first to analyze

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in the

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s, which produce the annual parades.''Lords of Misrule'' blurb
on the website of the University Press of Mississippi (retrieved 2009 February 28). See also the following, o
Amazon.com's ''Lords of Misrule'' web site:
unsigned review by ''

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'', signed review by Donna Seaman for ''

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'' magazine, and additional reader reviews.

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