Mayor Cantrell went to Dubai and all we got was this lousy MOU

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The Dec. 8 press release outlined the ambitious project the city would undertake with Zoetic Inc., an Ohio-based HV/AC coolant manufacturer. Described in the release as “a leading U.S.-based climate impact company with a portfolio of carbon reduction solutions,” Zoetic would be tasked with “increasing sustainability, including significant carbon reduction and water and energy resiliency.”

But more than three months later, the only thing Cantrell has to show for the trip remains the press release. In fact, internal administration documents indicate that after an initial flurry of behind-the-scenes activity, the project has completely halted.

Those documents also show Cantrell appears to have made the deal unilaterally within hours of meeting Zoetic’s founder. According to these records, Cantrell never consulted staff experts back in New Orleans before signing it, and the press release caught even her top climate-related aides off guard.

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read the whole thing, it's just stunning how incompetent she is.

TLDR: she went to dubai, got charmed by a shyster, illegally signed an agreement obligating the city to a vendor, crowed about it a PR stunt, and now nobody knows WTF she signed and WTF this vendor is supposed to be doing. all because she got shite for all the useless travel

you just have to laugh at this point