Mo' Hoodoo

Mayor C. Ray Nagin is running neck n' neck with Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. God Help New Orleans. Who to vote for?
Who is the lesser of the two evils? It would seem to be Landrieu. Maybe......??????
Wynton Marsalis endorsed him yesterday. Of course that is after the office, Culture Recreation & Tourism, that Landrieu oversees, gave Marsalis and his gang at the Lincoln Center $50,000.00 to perform Marsalis' piece "Congo Square" in Congo Square a few weeks back. Nice payday for a New Orleans cat made good...but one who hasn't lived in the city for years and years, sittin' back comfortably ensconced in NYC while pulling strings and yankin' chains hereabouts.... way to go.....

There are lots of talented musicians here sinking ever deeper into obscurity and poverty....what about them? When is their big $50,000.00 payday? That money could have gone along way, contributed significantly to New Orleans' cultural economy development, had it been used instead as tour support for the city's musicians to get out on the road for the summer.
Summer here this year post-K is going to be a bitch....no doubt about it........
Marsalis' endorsement of Landrieu was a bit of a slap to Nagin who put the NYC musician on his Bring New Orleans Back commission, as head of the cultural committee. (see above)
Meanwhile it seems Nagin, who says he a democrat, but contributed $1,000.00 to Pres Bush several years back and likely engineered an even larger contribution from his then employer, cable media dicks Cox Communications, is talkin' outta the side of his mouth and doing quite well at it. Look for the Republicans to win a big one if Nagin gets elected. Nagin is tight with big wig New Orleans 'developer' Joe Canizaro, a Bush Pioneer Contributor (mega $$$), who built Canal Place back in the 1970's with the Shah of Iran as his partner. Nagin is clearly in Canizaro's pocket and an election win for Nagin will ensure significant progress for the Republicans toward turning Louisiana into the RED State (Dead State?) they want it to be.....

Hurricane season just days away, 12 days after this Saturday's election.......Is it time to evacuate again?????????