Attorneys working for Mayor LaToya Cantrell and co-plaintiff Rev. Willie Calhoun filed twin lawsuits in East Baton Rouge Parish and Orleans Parish today (Tuesday March 14) challenging the settlement reached between Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and NoLaToya.org officials that reduced by 5,000 the number of active voters needed to trigger a recall election. […]
City of New Orleans CAO Gilbert Montano provided a partial response Friday, February 24, to questions posed by City Council President J.P. Morrell and Vice President Helena Moreno regarding Mayor Cantrell's recent 2022 recap brochure which the Cantrell administration selectively sent to 106,633 "fellow New Orleanians who actively participate in our local democracy" in late […]
New Orleans registered voters who have yet to sign the petition that seeks to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell or who have already signed and want to have their names removed from the petition have until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28 to complete that process.
Led by recall campaign leaders Belden Batiste and Eileen Carter, ten boxes of petitions believed to be signed by valid Orleans Parish registered voters who want to force a vote on Mayor LaToya Cantrell's future were delivered to Registrar of Voters Dr. Sandra Wilson Wednesday afternoon (February 22) less than an hour prior to the […]
The campaign to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell notified Dr. Sandra Wilson, Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters, that "on or no later than February 22" they will be delivering petitions signed by "tens of thousands of New Orleans registered voters" who want Cantrell out of office. The formal notification came in the form of a letter […]
Leaders of the movement to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell won a major victory against the Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate in Civil District Court on Wednesday, February 8 which will keep the names of signers out of public view until after the campaign is completed on February 22. By that date organizers expect to have secured […]
The organizers behind the campaign to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are reaching into every corner of the city to collect the 53,000 signatures of registered voter needed by Ash Wednesday February 22 to set an election on the mayor's future.   One of the best funded and best organized recall campaigns in recent history, […]
With 30 days remaining, the stakeholders behind the NOLATOYA Recall Petition Drive are reminding registered voters that time is drawing close to sign the petition which will give citizens an opportunity to vote on whether LaToya Cantrell should continue as mayor.
Led by their local mayors, hundreds of towns and cities across the U.S. will be holding marches on Monday, January 16 in remembrance of the 55th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For decades the New Orleans march was an opportunity for thousands of citizens of all ages and ethnicities to come together to reflect on KingÂ’s message of peace and justice. At a time when escalating violent crime has left the New Orleans community in fear, Cantrell has chosen not to host a parade. Instead she will attend a much more exclusive commemoration service at the New Zion Baptist Church at which representatives of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) will honor her.
Which New Orleans elected leader really has the people’s back? Is it Mayor LaToya Cantrell who is making that claim in the midst of the city’s worst crime wave in years, or Councilmember Helena Moreno who just completed almost three years as City Council president and believes “when we all come together, great things can happen”?
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