MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 443 of 443 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Ray Nagin - Runoff 41,489 38%
Mitch Landrieu - Runoff 31,499 29%
Ron Forman 18,734 17%
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Ray Nagin versus Mitch Landrieu: Not Black versus White
Now that the two candidates have emerged...let the political jousting begin...first...the losers endorse...then...sides are taken...just like ancient times...when allies prepared for battle...on the surface it seems to breakdown along racial boundaries...but those familiar with politics in the Crescent City know goes way beyond that...for today i will address one key matchup...
Two prominent politicians...former Mayor Marc Morial...and Louisiana State Rep Cleo Fields have made inroads...as their political organizations have made contributions to Mr. Landrieu's campaign...add to that...the Democratic National Committee's committment to Mitch...and you have a strange recipe for Nagin's transition to Republicans for support...where he loses black votes...to a white candidate !!
So don't let the race card fool you...
Two prominent politicians...former Mayor Marc Morial...and Louisiana State Rep Cleo Fields have made inroads...as their political organizations have made contributions to Mr. Landrieu's campaign...add to that...the Democratic National Committee's committment to Mitch...and you have a strange recipe for Nagin's transition to Republicans for support...where he loses black votes...to a white candidate !!
So don't let the race card fool you...
Monday, April 24, 2006
Post Katrina Visit
This weekend, a brother from Alpha Mu Chapter, paid New Orleans a visit on personal business and was able to take in the sights and sounds...and more importantly the smells in the Crescent City. He was taken by the status of the city...not recovered as media and the President would have you believe...but we are just struggling to make the deadline for levee construction...June 1...the beginning of hurricane season!!...37 days...and counting...
Friday, April 21, 2006
The Biggest Election in U.S. History ?
It is fitting that the biggest election in recent memory in New Orleans, follows on the heels of one of the biggest hurricanes to hit U.S. shores.
Displaced voters are getting it done...well over 300,000 voters from Orleans Parish are expected to cast their ballots...advanced returns indicate that black females are the leading cohort among displaced voters.
With more than 25 candidates running, this will be a very interesting election.
Displaced voters are getting it done...well over 300,000 voters from Orleans Parish are expected to cast their ballots...advanced returns indicate that black females are the leading cohort among displaced voters.
With more than 25 candidates running, this will be a very interesting election.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Back on the Block
I have made the Full Circle !! Finally...now that I have received my FEMA trailer, just behind the South Campus of SUNO
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