Posted on 05/07/2018 12:56:28 PM PDT by BBell
Mayor LaToya Cantrell ascended to New Orleans' highest public office Monday (May 7), becoming the first woman to lead the city in its 300-year history, and telling a large audience at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre that "There's only you and me and the work before us."
"I vow to each one of you standing here today, before God Almighty, I'll spend every breath and every moment of the next four years proving that you made the right choice," Cantrell said in her speech.
Cantrell's relatively short inaugural speech, which clocked in at about 12-1/2 minutes, touched on themes of equity, environment, safety and economic development. She said that environmental changes are straining the city's "crumbling infrastructure," and suggested that the antidote to such problems can be found in a spirit of togetherness and resolve.
"There's only one way that we can make the city better," Cantrell said. "We really have to be willing to try, and not only try, we have to believe. We have to believe in one another. We have to step up to the challenge of moving our city forward together. The key to that is you."
The milestone of becoming the first female mayor -- and doing so in the tricentennial year -- were constant themes during the inaugural ceremonies, with emcee duties performed by former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile and musical performances from New Orleans' only female brass band, The Pinettes, and soul legend Irma Thomas.
Cantrell, who is originally from Los Angeles, also touched on a theme that she's been sounding during her six-month transition: "A city open to all." The mayor overcame skepticism from New Orleans' famously parochial political class, which tends to gravitate toward candidates who can prove a familial connection to the city.
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The city will slid even farther down the poop tube.
There’s someone else named LaToya?
New Orleans is a sh*thole, with good food.
[I vow to each one of you standing here today, before God Almighty, I’ll spend every breath and every moment of the next four years proving that you made the right choice,” Cantrell said in her speech. ]
Translation:
Let the plundering begin.
What she's really saying, is dump your trust in me and forget about it.
Isn’t every city open to all? It’s when you need a wall to keep them in that you’ve got a problem.
Good news: when she turns NO into the Detroit of the South, LA will be even redder.
Black mayor have a kind of reverse Midas touch. Can’t wait.
How can Democrats go wrong?
Yes, I’m afraid NO is headed for some trouble.
Yep. There is ONLY one way to make the city “better.” ONE WAY. Just “believe.”
Sure, that’ll work.
Hmmm, does this mean that the next time they get a huge federal grant to shore up their protective dikes that it will actually be used for such a purpose rather than just more payola to political cronies?
I’m sure the mayor will get a lot more nicer things if she gets more grant money.
[ with emcee duties performed by former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile ]
Ah. What a fine choice. Wasn’t she afraid “The Russians(TM)” were going to shoot her or something?
My guess is she’ll grab on to all the cash she can get,
Before she too becomes another rat politician from New Orleans indicted and arrested.
17 since Katrina.
http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_dd461a25-ef20-52da-9c17-f55c6cbc69a7.html
Chocolate City redux
‘Crumbling infrastructure.” Everything is “crumbling.” Even the public schools in Arizona.
That's what happens when massive funds are diverted to pay for welfare programs nobody can afford.
Believe it or not Landrieu was actually pretty good at running the city, compared to the previous administration.
The whole city crumbles. It’s part of living on an old delta and old swamps surrounded on 3 sides by water.
In much the same way that having your thumbnail removed with a pair of needle nosed pliers is actually pretty good compared to having both your eyes gouged out with a red hot poker.
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