New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said a “great weight” has been lifted from her with the failure of a recall petition drive that began in August
FILE - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at the police headquarters in New Orleans about the uptick in crime around the city, Feb. 2, 2022. Cantrell said Wednesday, March 22, 2023, that a “great weight” has been lifted from her with the failure of a recall petition drive that began in August.
“Clearly, a weight lifted,” Cantrell, the city's first woman mayor, said at a Wednesday news conference. She also made it clear she doesn't think her political battles are over. “That's a fair characterization, but that's not the only characterization,” said Robert Collins, a local political analyst who is a professor of urban studies and public policy at Dillard University.
University of New Orleans political scientist Ed Chervenak also indicated that the issue is not that clear-cut.Cantrell took office in 2018 and had a first-year approval rating of 57%, according to a periodic survey of voter attitudes by the University or New Orleans Survey Research Center. That plummeted to 31% in a poll the university released in October.
But trash collection problems that grew in the aftermath of Ida lingered into her second term. So did crime — the greatest concern of voters who responded to the poll — and frequent complaints about the slow pace of street improvement projects that left many streets a mess. It also led to questions about her relationship with a member of her security team, frequently seen at the apartment. “Strictly professional,” was the way Cantrell described it Wednesday.“I guess she started feeling she was bulletproof,” Collins said.
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