Though qualifying for the 2025 city elections for mayor and council is still 10 months away, candidates led by New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno are already raising funds for next year’s races. It’s no secret that Moreno- who is completing her second term as Councilmember-At-Large and cannot seek re-election for that position – […]
With his first appearance before Judge Wendy Vitter on Wednesday, August 7, Jeffrey Vappie Jr., former NOPD executive security officer and close companion to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, is squarely under the thumb of federal prosecutors. Although Cantrell has not been indicted in Vappie’s case, she is under intense pressure for her own behavior which, according […]
Dozens of elected officials and politically active Democrats from across Louisiana gathered at the uptown home of newly elected Democratic State Central Committee member Pamela Steeg and her husband Rob on Tuesday, May 28 to bid a fond farewell to Lynda Woolard, one of the state’s most prominent Democratic women. After 30 years of helping […]
Change is in the air for New Orleans city government. Despite a low turnout, Mayor LaToya Cantrells easy victory yesterday was an indisputable sign that the majority of New Orleanians are pleased with her leadership and vision for the citys future. Though two hurricanes, a pandemic and a major hack of the citys computer system […]
Much like the 1970s English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Xavier University staffer Bart Everson, former state Senator J.P. Morrell and City Councilmember Kristin Palmer often sang the same tune at Wednesday nights forum in the city council at-large division 2 race which was hosted by the Gambit. Thats not to say the […]
Dueling as a sport has been illegal in the U.S. since 1992. Thats not stopping Councilmembers Kristin Palmer and Jared Brossett from what some may believe is a two-on-one simultaneous thrusting of swords at former state Senator J.P. Morrell. In what some believe is an effort to wound Morrell, the frontrunner in the race for […]
The red sea parted at Criminal District Court Wednesday morning when Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her handlers arrived just before 8 a.m. to qualify for a second term. Though some candidates had been waiting in the courthouses un-airconditioned hallway for close to an hour, almost all gave up their spots so that Cantrell smartly […]
When Walt Leger III introduced J.P. Morrell Tuesday night at Morrells campaign kick-off for City Council At Large Division 2, he called Morrell a new voice from someone who has been an old voice. Morrell served 14 years in the Louisiana Legislature and authored the life-changing unanimous jury legislation as well as bills that protected […]
Former state Senator J.P. Morrell said today that Senate Bill 226, if approved as written, could likely end up in court because it would force Orleans and four other parishes to pay for the costs associated with an agreement that was negotiated between state and federal government. Morrell previously chaired the state Senate’s powerful Revenue […]
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