re: Hoping some Latoya bikini shots are leaked this weekend.

Yes if you’re running to be the lakeview garden associate president. Not the mayor of a big city against an entrenched incumbent

Looks like we have a front runner


Business Leaders Courting State Rep. Royce Duplessis For Mayoral Run

With qualifying for New Orleans municipal races just five months away, New Orleans business leaders are still scrambling to find a candidate they consider suitable to challenge Mayor LaToya Cantrell. District 93 state Rep. Royce Duplessis recently rose to the top of that list after a poll showed he would be viable in the race.

Cantrell was said to be livid when she heard about the business leaders’ recent poll.

It’s no secret that many members of the business community are disappointed in Cantrell’s style and decision-making process. Former Judge Michael Bagneris was clearly their first choice four years ago. When Bagneris failed to make the runoff, Cantrell became their favored candidate.



Young and ambitious, Duplessis has been slowly making a name for himself. He first appeared on the scene as the likable chief of staff to then City Councilman James Carter. Duplessis left City Hall to attend Howard University School of Law, interned at the Environmental Protection Agency and clerked for a superior court judge in Washington, D.C.

After returning to Louisiana, he became special counsel at the Louisiana Supreme and focused in part on criminal justice. Duplessis was serving as chairman of the City Planning Commission when Helena Moreno vacated the District 93 seat to join the New Orleans City Council.

Duplessis was endorsed by most political organizations and elected officials and easily won the special election to replace Moreno in March 2018. He was re-elected without opposition in October 2019. Though Duplessis is just completing his third year at the Louisiana Legislature, he is well-liked by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle and has been particularly active on education issues. Some critics feel that Duplessis hasn’t accomplished enough in Baton Rouge yet to be considering a run for a higher office.

“Any incumbent elected official can be beaten with the right message and the right backstory,” said one political consultant. Duplessis’ backstory is ripe for television. He was a bricklayer’s assistant during the summers while in high school and bussed tables at Mandina’s Restaurant to pay for college. He’s the son of a public school teacher who worked with special needs children, the grandson of small grocery store owners, and the supportive husband and father to a growing family.

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Whether Duplessis or another mainstream candidate faces off against Cantrell, the smart opponent will focus the campaign on Cantrell’s accomplishments or lack thereof. Voters will be asked to decide which candidate can best lead them into an uncertain post-COVID future.

“The opponent can’t say that he or she will do a better job than Cantrell, but will do it differently,” one former elected official said. “Mayor Cantrell got elected four years ago because she displayed an attitude that was attractive to Black voters. But that attitude hasn’t translated to jobs and safe streets. People want results. They aren’t in the mood for more song and dance and cute pictures on social media.”

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“Most incumbent mayors would have collected more than $1 million going into the election cycle. People who do business with the city have to give regardless of the economy. It seems like some prospective donors could be holding back,” said one official. “After all, state Sen. Troy Carter raised more than $400,000 in one month and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson took in $300,000 during the same period. An incumbent mayor should be able to raise the same amount as a congressional candidate.”

The amount of money Cantrell will need to win re-election depends in large part as to who qualifies against her. Duplessis is not the first potential candidate the business community approached, and will not be the last. While Duplessis still has time to change his mind, conventional wisdom says that New Orleans incumbent mayors always get re-elected.

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no other incumbent mayor of NOLA has ever been under this much scrutiny. Not even C My Ray Nagin

New Orleans has crossed the great racial rubicon.

When a qualification for the mayor job is being black, you know you’re screwed and New Orleans is screwed.

They will never get a true quality mayoral candidate that has a chance to win.

They’ll only get varying degrees of corrupt, social justice warriors looking to settle a score while lining their own pocket with money or some sort of political power..

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because she displayed an attitude that was attractive to Black voters

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....sigh

I guess you didnt read the article I just posted.

Thats ok I'll read it to you..it's not that difficult to read between the lines.

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[img]New Orleans business leaders[/img]

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It’s no secret that many members of the business community are disappointed in Cantrell’s style and decision-making process. Former Judge Michael Bagneris was clearly their first choice four years ago.

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“Mayor Cantrell got elected four years ago because she displayed an attitude that was attractive to Black voters. But that attitude hasn’t translated to jobs and safe streets. People want results. They aren’t in the mood for more song and dance and cute pictures on social media.”

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It seems like some prospective donors could be holding back,”

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Duplessis is not the first potential candidate the business community approached, and will not be the last.

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They will never get a true quality mayoral candidate that has a chance to win.

They’ll only get varying degrees of corrupt, social justice warriors looking to settle a score while lining their own pocket with money or some sort of political powe

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Mitch was white

and I dont care what color the next mayor is....as long as it's not Latoya

Is the leader of the DDD still sleeping with the Mayor's right hand enforcer?

Seems like that business leader and money will probably go a different way.

I hope 08 is right, I'm just losing faith.

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Is the leader of the DDD still sleeping with the Mayor's right hand enforcer?

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yes

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Seems like that business leader and money will probably go a different way.

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they absolutely will

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I hope 08 is right, I'm just losing faith.

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I hope I am too....Im going to stay positive.

Mandie Landry: mayor elect

Love the sound of it