Landrieu for Mayor

Mitch Landrieu may not be the best choice for New Orleans Mayor. However, we know that Ray Nagin is not the best choice. In the past we have defended Nagin's performance during Katrina, and are big fans of the now famous radio address. However, in the 9 months since then he has failed to provide the leadership New Orleans so badly needs.

New Orleans needs someone to lay out a road map to recovery. We need a timetable for opening the schools. We need to negotiate with insurance companies, federal government, the small business administration to set firm dates for providing pay outs; the uncertainty is driving people to not return to town. We need a timetable for trash pickup. We need a timetable for returning regular city services, such as street cleaning and towing illegally parked cars (people have been parking on the Esplanade neutral ground), and much, much more. The list goes on.

Mitch Landrieu may not be able to achieve all of this, but we can but hope that his political connections (albeit Democrat) may be able to get some of this done. He may fail as badly as Nagin has, but someone else needs to be given a chance. We endorse Mitch Landrieu for Mayor.