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LaToya seizing some more power

Posted on 9/22/23 at 7:26 pm
Posted by Stealth Matrix
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 7:26 pm

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Got to love the expansive powers these emergency orders give our mayor. *may utilize any private property *forced evacuations *ban sale of booze and guns *take any steps to stop looting *suspend any regulatory ordinances or rules Neat.

LaToya very eagerly authorizing her own dictatorship.
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Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 7:27 pm to
This is what "long term Covid " really means
Posted by Ribbed
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2023
2745 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:03 pm to
So vote them out until they change the laws. Emergency powers need to be killed.
Posted by lsuguy84
CO
Member since Feb 2009
19654 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:04 pm to
Louisiana is trashy
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
11045 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:13 pm to
On her own she gave herself the power to take property without due process? Or is she citing some sort of authority?

Isn't this similar to what the governor in Hawaii signed shortly before the fires?
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Junky
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2005
8373 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:46 pm to
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*may utilize any private property
*forced evacuations
*ban sale of ... and guns


Have a hard time in the 5th district defending these. I mean, wtf does suspending gun sales even do against saltwater?
Posted by LSULaw2009
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2008
1695 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 9:53 pm to
Legislature specifically revoked authority on firearm bans as part of emergency orders (at all levels) in 2020 by Act 325.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 9:54 pm
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 10:06 pm to
Thank you Republicans in the State House!
Posted by supatigah
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 10:08 pm to
her whole admin has been about crushing local ownership and empowering corporate interests to buy up prime NOLA real estate
Posted by Sisyphus
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 11:26 pm to
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On her own she gave herself the power to take property without due process? Or is she citing some sort of authority?

Isn't this similar to what the governor in Hawaii signed shortly before the fires?


All parish presidents have this power. Mike Cooper (St Tammany parish President) has issued similar statements a couple of times.

None of them should have it, but they do.

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This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 11:27 pm
Posted by Shakey
Member since Sep 2023
107 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 7:34 am to
Those are pretty broad "emergency powers." A strict reading of that means the mayor's office can seize your home if they deem it necessary for an emergency, whatever that even means.

Who gets to determine what an "emergency" is?

Many people interpret this as applying to hurricanes, but the implications are so much more broad.

Hopefully someone sues to bring this back in. I'd like to see the Supreme Court weigh in; they live in NOLA, too...
Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/23/23 at 7:39 am to
Is LaToya chief executive over Orleans Parrish?
Posted by AGreySlate
South Carolina
Member since Jun 2018
846 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 7:44 am to
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(4) Subject to any applicable requirements for compensation, commandeer or utilize any private property if he finds this necessary to cope with the local disaster.

I don’t think it means they can seize your property for anything more than temporary use. I would surmise it means they can utilize it if needed to directly mitigate the emergency.

I would also imagine there would be repercussions available to the property owner if this were abused (which it seems is the commonplace usage of these “emergency powers” with the tyrannical Latoyas and of the world). Truly, they should get locked up if this is ever abused to any degree.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
7397 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 7:57 am to
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Got to love the expansive powers these emergency orders give our mayor. *may utilize any private property *forced evacuations *ban sale of booze and guns *take any steps to stop looting *suspend any regulatory ordinances or rules Neat.


That may be a copy and paste form that the city has for declaring a state of emergency. They just type in the emergency in a paragraph and the rest is added automatically or copied and pasted from a previous declaration. Some of the paragraphs or orders that may not even apply to this type of “emergency” are in the declaration or just left in. It is probably done to comply with a state code or policy.

All that a state of emergency is really supposed to do is to cut out the city council prereview powers for emergency expenditures and actions that come up due to an emergency.

Also, they are only valid for 30 days, but can continue to be renewed almost indefinitely if needed.

It is not a legal shield or get out of jail free card as state law and city policies still must be followed, except for maybe the public bid law. So if the city needs 1 million cases of water from vendor x, they can just buy it and not have to go to bid and get multiple bids and then get city council approval for the purchase. The council does have to go back and fund the expenditures from the state of emergency.
This post was edited on 9/23/23 at 8:05 am
Posted by Red Stick Rambler
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:38 am to
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So vote them out until they change the laws


Thomas Jefferson was right - you deserve the government you elect.
Posted by LSUvet72
Member since Sep 2013
11854 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:52 am to
The NOLA conservatives would like to add the following:

... "and when the corruption in city government gets so bad 10% of registered voters may petition for a recall vote on the Mayor" but first the true voter rolls must be reviewed and corrected.
Posted by Hobnailboot
Minneapolis
Member since Sep 2012
6094 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:54 am to
There’s only one solution for LaTeedy
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
22777 posts
Posted on 9/23/23 at 9:56 am to
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So vote them out


That is not how this works.
Posted by Sisyphus
Member since Feb 2014
1823 posts
Posted on 9/24/23 at 2:04 am to
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Is LaToya chief executive over Orleans Parrish?


Yep, Orleans and East Baton Rouge are weird. The mayors of New Orleans and Baton Rouge are Mayor-President of the unified city-parish government.
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