23 wannabe mayors vie to win New Orleans vote
Katrina leaves city with huge strategic challenges in Saturday's poll
Friday, April 21, 2006; Posted: 12:08 p.m. EDT
New Orleans election workers prepare in the Voting Machine Warehouse Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans residents will take time out Saturday from their struggles to reclaim their lives to vote in one of the oddest mayoral elections in U.S. history -- a contest to pick the person who will oversee the Crescent City's comeback fight.
Incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin, whose performance before, during and after Hurricane Katrina has been endlessly dissected and critiqued, drew 22 challengers in his bid for re-election, which was postponed nearly three months to give election officials in the storm-ravaged city more time to prepare.
Talk about crazy. 22 damn people on the ballot!!!
Friday, April 21, 2006
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Have you ever be to NeArlens?
It's a goofy fuckin town.
My company sent me down there for a week to help at our restaurant there. there is a peculair vibe, a vaguely ready to .... whatever.
It may stem from being 6 or so feet below sea level at all times, and from, the realization that all it takes is a strong inland breeze to cause a flood.
the poverty / crime levels before the Huricanes was among the highest in the nation.
That being said, you can walk into any bar and get a drink in a togo cup. and the automobile open container laws compare occupants of vehicle to number of drinks in car.
If you get caught peeing on the sidewalk, you can be imprisoned, but it's OK to gamble and take money from the tourists.
It's a cool town to visit, butI for one wouldn't want to live there.
The Confederacy of Dunces (a novel) is a fairly plausible story with NeArleans as a back drop.
Interesting story PJ. I would enjoy visiting the city, but yeah, like you, I would not want to live there. Just Mardi Gras would be e nough to do me in with all the girls gone wild.
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