The second mayoral debate for New Orleans is on and boy, its getting pretty juicy. But in a nutshell, this is how I see it:
Virginia Boulet- Wants Universal Healthcare in New Orleans (wow! she's thinking big!), to diversify the economy away from the tourism industry and more towards technology. Wants city to take the lead to save the wetlands. Wants to bring technology jobs for the educated people who left. Its not leadership to tell everybody to fight over a sliver of the same $3 bil. allocated for rebuilding New Orleans. And something about new blood. I like her.
Rob Coulig- wants a safe city, sell New Orleans-owned properties for city revenue, everybody else sucks and is spineless. Be aggressive!!! Watch out for a property tax hike- the "May Surprise"! Landrieu's plan gives people seven reasons not to come back! Forman has money!
Tom Watson- Wants a realistic budget. Wants small business to be up and running. His plan is to put all the plans together and make one plan. Calls Mitch Landrieu out cause he keeps saying how he's always in Baton Rouge. Watson says something like 'as a state legislator, that's your job'- that was excellent. Nagin was trying not to laugh. Wants a female Chief of Police (likes the ladies), wants the people to come back. Use our ports & build house factories. Represents the "paradigm shift the city needs".
Peggy Wilson- Wants New Orleans to be a tax-free city- doesn't really elaborate. (Federal, state or local tax free? I'm confused.) Wants to rid the city of corruption (duh), wants to sell bonds for city revenue. There's a faster way to dispose of houses! She went to Japan, government money goes to corporations, and never infiltrates the community. Government is not the answer (she's running for a government office, wants to sit back and do nothing), the private sector is the answer.
Ron Forman- (Nice man, head of the Audubon Institute. Likes animals.) Education is most important. Landrieu is picking on the nice old man! Got a lot of government money to fund the Audubon Institute. Coulig is attacking the nice old man! The Audubon Institute made a film about saving the wetlands, worse thing is to raise people's taxes, re-do government top to bottom. Tourism is cool because the kids can see it too. (Bourbon Street and Casino's too?!!)
Mitch Landrieu- he has a plan, its in a neat little booklet. Wants a safe city- rebuild the levees (duh), housing, and emergency preparedness. $4 Billion is in the pipeline to rebuild (for the city? the whole state?). Numbers, more numbers and the rest goes to housing. Its coming when congress votes it through (don't hold your breath). Was at his job in Baton Rouge and the question is how to get there (I-10?). Will say no to gambling. Wants to make New Orleans a Smart City - biomedical research park. Wants economic development, likes himself a lot and the city is on its back.
Ray Nagin- Everyone else isn't looking at reality. Laid people off because the city couldn't afford it. State needs to provide a plan- where's the plan Mitch? You're the "number 2 guy"?
Wants levees, housing, modular homes (huh?), bring back the economy, bring back the people, and bring back the film industry. Moved on from gambling although Mississippi is making billions and billions and dollars from it. Think outside the box (uugghhh!). Says he needs four more years.
Virginia Boulet- Wants Universal Healthcare in New Orleans (wow! she's thinking big!), to diversify the economy away from the tourism industry and more towards technology. Wants city to take the lead to save the wetlands. Wants to bring technology jobs for the educated people who left. Its not leadership to tell everybody to fight over a sliver of the same $3 bil. allocated for rebuilding New Orleans. And something about new blood. I like her.
Rob Coulig- wants a safe city, sell New Orleans-owned properties for city revenue, everybody else sucks and is spineless. Be aggressive!!! Watch out for a property tax hike- the "May Surprise"! Landrieu's plan gives people seven reasons not to come back! Forman has money!
Tom Watson- Wants a realistic budget. Wants small business to be up and running. His plan is to put all the plans together and make one plan. Calls Mitch Landrieu out cause he keeps saying how he's always in Baton Rouge. Watson says something like 'as a state legislator, that's your job'- that was excellent. Nagin was trying not to laugh. Wants a female Chief of Police (likes the ladies), wants the people to come back. Use our ports & build house factories. Represents the "paradigm shift the city needs".
Peggy Wilson- Wants New Orleans to be a tax-free city- doesn't really elaborate. (Federal, state or local tax free? I'm confused.) Wants to rid the city of corruption (duh), wants to sell bonds for city revenue. There's a faster way to dispose of houses! She went to Japan, government money goes to corporations, and never infiltrates the community. Government is not the answer (she's running for a government office, wants to sit back and do nothing), the private sector is the answer.
Ron Forman- (Nice man, head of the Audubon Institute. Likes animals.) Education is most important. Landrieu is picking on the nice old man! Got a lot of government money to fund the Audubon Institute. Coulig is attacking the nice old man! The Audubon Institute made a film about saving the wetlands, worse thing is to raise people's taxes, re-do government top to bottom. Tourism is cool because the kids can see it too. (Bourbon Street and Casino's too?!!)
Mitch Landrieu- he has a plan, its in a neat little booklet. Wants a safe city- rebuild the levees (duh), housing, and emergency preparedness. $4 Billion is in the pipeline to rebuild (for the city? the whole state?). Numbers, more numbers and the rest goes to housing. Its coming when congress votes it through (don't hold your breath). Was at his job in Baton Rouge and the question is how to get there (I-10?). Will say no to gambling. Wants to make New Orleans a Smart City - biomedical research park. Wants economic development, likes himself a lot and the city is on its back.
Ray Nagin- Everyone else isn't looking at reality. Laid people off because the city couldn't afford it. State needs to provide a plan- where's the plan Mitch? You're the "number 2 guy"?
Wants levees, housing, modular homes (huh?), bring back the economy, bring back the people, and bring back the film industry. Moved on from gambling although Mississippi is making billions and billions and dollars from it. Think outside the box (uugghhh!). Says he needs four more years.
posted by butterchurn at 8:09 PM
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The second mayoral debate for New Orleans is on and boy, its getting pretty juicy. But in a nutshell, this is how I see it:
Virginia Boulet- Wants Universal Healthcare in New Orleans(wow! she's thinking big!), to diversify the economy away from the tourism industry and more towards technology. Wants city to take the lead to save the wetlands. Wants to bring technology jobs for the educated people who left. Its not leadership to tell everybody to fight over a sliver of the same $3 bil. allocated for rebuilding New Orleans. And something about new blood (vampire?). Aside from the blood thing, I like her.
Rob Coulig- wants a safe city, sell New Orleans-owned properties for city revenue, everybody else sucks and is spineless. Be aggressive!!! Watch out for a property tax hike- the "May Surprise"! Landrieu's plan gives people seven reasons not to come back! Forman has money!
Tom Watson- Wants a realistic budget. Wants small business to be up and running (duh). His plan is to put all the plans together and make one plan. Calls Mitch Landrieu out cause he keeps saying how he's always in Baton Rouge. Watson says something like 'as a state legislator, that's your job'- that was excellent Nagin was trying not to laugh. Wants a female Chief of Police (likes the ladies), wants the people to come back. Ports, build house factories, Represents the "paradigm shift the city needs".
Peggy Wilson- Wants New Orleans to be a tax-free city- doesn't really elaborate. (Federal, state or local tax free? I'm confused.) Wants to rid the city of corruption (duh), wants to sell bonds for city revenue. There's a faster way to dispose of houses! She went to Japan, government money goes to corporations, and the never infiltrates the community. Government is not the answer, the private sector is the answer.
Ron Forman- (Nice man, head of the Audubon Institute. Likes animals.) Education is most important. Landrieu is picking on the nice old man! Got a lot of government money to fund the Audubon Institute. Coulig is attacking the nice old man! The Audubon Institute made a film about saving the wetlands, worse thing is to raise people's taxes, re-do government top to bottom. Tourism is cool because the kids can see it too. (Bourbon Street and Casino's too?!!)
Mitch L
I'm going to run for mayor cause I can mitigate the litigation of the taxation of the peoples cause they need to get back and copulate the city, back to the way it never was. And no one pays money to the state or city cause the private sector will give it all to us. I may be stern and lazy but I'm SERIOUS about New Orleans. I'll fire everyone and hire people from other cities. I'll build a fiber optic network that connects everyone back to New Orleans and the rich people will want to live in New Orleans. And the rent will raise in the places people can actually live to help line the pockets of the owners so they'll put money back into other rich people's pockets. I'll say the word Audobon 5 times a day. I'll place a vending machine of water on every street corner :) And I'll sit in my $million dollar throne in Baton Rouge and remind everyone who I be. I'm not paranoid, I'm the (future) Mayor of New Orleans.
Good plans me! And with the city on its back, copulation should be that much easier!
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