Why am I not surprised.
Posted on 07/23/2022 7:13:56 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Mayor Cantrell and her top aides have spent more than $79,000 of general city funds on seven trips since the beginning of 2022, according to records obtained by Gambit.
That figure, however, doesn’t include recent jaunts to Switzerland and the south of France. The price tag of those excursions could take several more days to produce, according to the city attorney’s office.
The mayor was joined in Switzerland earlier this summer by local musicians who were reportedly compensated for their representation at a local jazz festival, though it is still unclear how much and by whom.
That trip was described by a city spokesperson as a chance to promote tourism and cement the city's reputation as a "world-class global city and cultural destination."
"Mayor Cantrell believes it's important to continue to forge and formalize these international partnerships to facilitate a greater sense of understanding and cooperation between continents," the spokesperson said.
Mayoral travel is not uncommon. There’s incentive to leave the city for a host of reasons, from meeting with local officials to discuss common problems, to promoting the city’s image and advocating for New Orleans’ needs at a national and international level. Several of Cantrell’s recent meetings have been especially centered around climate change, according to staffers.
But some recent trips — including the one to Switzerland and three weeks later, the French Riviera — have raised eyebrows at City Hall and the public alike. Going to Europe twice in the past month to attend international music festivals and signing ceremonial “sister city agreements” has coincided with residents’ declining quality of life.
Complaints in recent months have included surging crime, stalled infrastructure projects and the unreliability of basic municipal services such as trash pickup and functioning traffic lights.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Well to tell the family secret, her grandmother was Dutch.
“Another Dem who sees the public treasury as their personal slush fund.”
Doubly so if they’re black Rats.
MAYOR CANTRELL TRAVELS TO ANTIBES JUAN-LES-PINS, FRANCE TO SIGN SISTER CITY AGREEMENT
https://nola.gov/mayor/news/july-2022/mayor-cantrell-travels-to-antibes-juan-les-pins,-france-to-sign-sister-city-agreement/
Mayor LaToya Cantrell this week traveled to Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France to participate in the official signing ceremony, finalizing the Sister City agreement between the two cities. Mayor Cantrell will sign the formal agreement with Mayor Jean Leonetti of Antibes Juan-les-Pins today, July 14, as well as take part in the 61st annual International Jazz à Juan Festival and the French National Day celebrations throughout the city.
Innsbruck is another sister city of New Orleans, sounds like a good place for another vacation.
And Caracas Venezuela is another sister city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sister_cities_in_the_United_States
Grifters gotta grift. It’s all they know.
At least she has good taste in travel destinations and I can’t blame her for wanting to spend as little time as possible in the Big Sleazy. A four day weekend and you’ve seen it all.
Wait now. Who knows what she identifies as.
Why am I not surprised.
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