re: "Restoring the city of New Orleans and the safety in it is a tide that will lift all boats

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People on here won't like it but he is correct.

However, until the Consent Decree dies a horrible death, it can't change too much.

The CD has fricked the city beyond belief

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Agreed with all of the above. About the only thing I've ever heard Mitch Landrieu say that I agree with is "the farther you get from Louisiana, the more likely it is that the only thing people there know about Louisiana is New Orleans". Having our primary tourism draw constantly battling for the title of Nation's Most Murdery City doesn't help the state in any way.