Liz T    Well said. I agree with most of this.   I was SO HAPPY when she was elected to see a black woman finally  become mayor. We all had such hopes and support for her but she's betrayed every campaign promise  and created more problems for herself.  The first red flag was less than 30 days into her term she invited a known felon to a city council meeting. I disagree, though, about the pandemic. She had epidemiology and virology data  at her disposal in February of 2020 and should have canceled Mardi Gras that year, but that's water under the covid19 bridge. I was born and raised there and Cantrell is no queen, she's a peasant who I inherited a well established landscape of relationships and revenue for the city's budget and care. I'm no fan of the previous Mayor Landrieu but he did the job far better for New Orleanians of every color.  I would go to St. Roch and other neighborhoods in NO East and outside of the Quarter for a black New Orleans perspective. Ask them about safety, gang violence, city sanitation, non-hospitality jobs paying more then 30K a year. --from a generational citizen perspective. The 90s held FAR more $ in the city, with $ still coming in from non-hospitality industry like oil and gas than it does now with far fewer potholes, crime, and sanitation problems. Bottom line- her legacy is one of disappointment, corruption, and blight. The city that care forgot is now the city that the mayor ignores by her own incompetence. It's time for a new mayor.

Liz T    Well said. I agree with most of this.   I was SO HAPPY when she was elected to see a black woman finally  become mayor. We all had such hopes and support for her but she's betrayed every campaign promise  and created more problems for herself.  The first red flag was less than 30 days into her term she invited a known felon to a city council meeting. I disagree, though, about the pandemic. She had epidemiology and virology data  at her disposal in February of 2020 and should have canceled Mardi Gras that year, but that's water under the covid19 bridge. I was born and raised there and Cantrell is no queen, she's a peasant who I inherited a well established landscape of relationships and revenue for the city's budget and care. I'm no fan of the previous Mayor Landrieu but he did the job far better for New Orleanians of every color.  I would go to St. Roch and other neighborhoods in NO East and outside of the Quarter for a black New Orleans perspective. Ask them about safety, gang violence, city sanitation, non-hospitality jobs paying more then 30K a year. --from a generational citizen perspective. The 90s held FAR more $ in the city, with $ still coming in from non-hospitality industry like oil and gas than it does now with far fewer potholes, crime, and sanitation problems. Bottom line- her legacy is one of disappointment, corruption, and blight. The city that care forgot is now the city that the mayor ignores by her own incompetence. It's time for a new mayor.

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