New Orleans Voters Pick Leader to Oversee Rebuilding (Election Results Live Thread!!)

AP, Fox News, Yahoo ^ | May 20, 2006

[catholicfreeper]

Be patient lol. This is a good thing that happen tonight

[Torie]

That was the guy who beat Clarkson in the at large seat, I think. This race was for the seat Clarkson vacated to run at large.

[EDINVA]

Mitch ran on and traded on his family name which in New Orleans and Louisiana is synonomous with corruption. Can't have it both ways. Old Man Moon turned the city he'd corrupted over to the Morials who took that corruption to entirely new heights. Nagin, for his incompetence and buffoonery during Katrina, had made pretty good progress in the previous 3 years cleaning out the aegean stables. I hope he can complete the job. I love that city's old and colorful culture but despise its crime and corruption.

[Txsleuth]

I just think that the natural curiousity of how New Orleans is doing, for the rest of America...plus, the scrutiny of funds that SHOULD be a top priority will help Nagin, actually.

When one is always in the spotlight, one doesn't have to make a choice about how to act....he will do fine. (at least he couldn't do worse, could he?)

I did hear him say that the NEW hurricane plans have NO plan for a "safe harbor"...that evacuation is the ONLY way for the residents to be sure of survival.

I hope that means that he has made plans on how to get the people out...even though there aren't nearly as many to evacuate.

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You are right...and Nagin knows that he is under the country's microscope...and so he will be very vigilant.

That's what I'm hoping for. He'll see this as a second chance and do it right this time.

I liked what he said about President Bush tonight..and I was pleasantly surprised with the crowd's reaction.

Before katrins, NO was a bastion of leftist liberals. Must be getting a different make up of citizens now. I feel so sorry for Gov. Perry. He did such a great and noble thing, but, the katrina people are hurting Texas so badly.

Thank God mitch didn't win. Most of that money would have found it's way into the landrieu pockets.

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Hopefully she'll be voted out and not replaced by someone even more corrupt.

Bite your tongue, nic, and bite it hard!!!!!

:-)

[Txsleuth]

I know in the Dallas/Fort Worth area...I haven't heard complaints about the transplants...but, I know that a lot of the "deperados" from New Orleans DID make their way to Texas...but, we're pretty good at getting desperados...so we will be okay....LOL

[Bush gal in LA]

Ooohh !! I hope they replay that again. I can't believe it! And he told Blanco to stuff it?! ROTF!! Too funny..... I wasn't hoping for either one of these guys, but if Nagin gave props to my President and put down Blanco. He's ok by me!

[nicmarlo]

lol! (so sorry...just think aloud : )

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I think it's Houston that's really having a problem with their increase in crime. Texas must remember, NO was the murder capital at one time and I fear they have relocated to Houston.

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I'm afraid to even ponder someone worse than her. :(

[Txsleuth]

Very true...Houston was the initial destination...I doubt that too many criminals stuck around the Astrodome long enough to be shipped to DFW.

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They're Louisiana's problem. They need to be brought back here. Let live it up at club Angola.

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Sorry----'let 'em live it up' My two fingers must be getting tired.

[ncountylee]

Don't blow your second chance Ray. You may be an idiot but most people across the country wish you well. And stop that racist crap, nobody other than the Jacksons and Sharptons benefit and they only care about themselves anyway. Good luck Ray.

[Atchafalaya]

You don't live in this alternative parallel political world called Louisiana. BTW I'm getting damned close to being fed up with it.

[cajun scpo]

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1147759966287110.xml [May 16]

May be some hope. Do not know much about Stacy Head, but .. she's not a New Orleans native and she beat the incumbent Council Member Renee Gill Pratt who was William Jefferson's former legislative assistant and was endorsed [quote from above MAY 16 article} by "a bevy of politicians, her campaign organization said, including U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, her political mentor; U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.; former New Orleans Mayors Moon Landrieu and Sidney Barthelemy ... ".

According to a list provided by Head's campaign, Orleans Parish School Board member Jimmy Fahrenholtz is the only elected official to back her candidacy, although she has been endorsed by the Alliance for Good Government ...

http://www.stacyhead.com/about/

[Atchafalaya]

Then we could help the state of Massachusetts

[kabar]

When the Deputy Governor runs to get you out of office, I can understand why Nagin is pissed. I'm glad he won. Maybe Mary will have a harder time manufacturing votes in 2006 now that her brother won't be the mayor.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Nagin will have another chance to screw things up in NOLA. Idiots never learn.