On Thursday, the New Orleans City Council filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her administration from distributing any funds from the Wisner Trust without council approval. The motion is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed in July.
Both headlines come in the midst of a recall effort that is already proving more successful than expected and appears to be driven by the group considered most likely to support Cantrell - New Orleans women.
Women voters both Black and white could likely be the driving force behind current efforts to gather 53,000 verified signatures of Orleans Parish registered voters which would trigger an election to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
Editor’s note: Belden Batiste and Eileen Carter filed a petition with the Secretary of State to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The petition has received overwhelming response from New Orleanians voters, many of whom are upset with Cantrells lack of leadership. The Tribune newspaper recently published an editorial in support of Cantrell. Batiste wrote a scathing […]
In a statement originally sent out anonymously by Team LaToya Cantrell, campaign staffer Maggie Caroll called recall efforts against the mayor "a Republican-backed maneuver by people with an agenda."
Community activist Belden Batiste and former City Hall staffer Eileen Carter have officially filed a recall petition against Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The Louisiana Secretary of State confirmed the filing on Friday.
Nearly 50% of New Orleanians disapprove of the mayor's performance at this point, but that hasn't deterred her from staying the course. Over the past several weeks, Mayor LaToya Cantrell has faced criticism on trash contracts, crime, her outlandish travel spending, and more. Yet in almost every interest, she has ignored the concerns of her constituents and attempted to defend her actions - or even doubled down.
Over the past week, Cantrell has taken to blaming the federal consent decree - which has been in place since 2013 - for the recent staffing shortages at the NOPD. At a town hall on Thursday, Cantrell said that Mardi Gras 2023 may be canceled, and placed the blame squarely on the consent decree for the shortages.
On Wednesday, a New Orleans judge upheld the City Council's right to subpoena documents and records regarding the "smart cities" broadband project from Mayor LaToya Cantrell's Chief of Staff Clifton Davis.
A so-called "takeover" of New Orleans streets by several Baton Rouge car clubs and street racing groups has resulted in outrage from both New Orleans officials and residents after several social media videos showing street racers backing up traffic, blocking police vehicles, and then jumping on them when police attempted to get through went viral on Sunday.
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