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March 3, 2010
IN THE NEWS: Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu appoints 30 to New Orleans economic development panel
New Orleans needs more hard work and attention to detail -- not quick fixes -- to improve its economy, Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu said Tuesday as he introduced a 30-member citizen panel that will help craft his administration's blueprint for business growth and retention.
February 23, 2010
IN THE NEWS: New Orleans is storming back
"The mayoral election was nothing short of staggering, and the confluence of the Saints win and the historic mayoral election, lined up for the city's best two days since the Battle of New Orleans in 1815."
February 16, 2010
IN THE NEWS: Springtime in New Orleans
"While New Orleans was consumed last week by its first-ever Super Bowl—and then by celebrating its first-ever victory—something even more important was happening here. The city chose a new mayor, its first in eight years. Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu made a few headlines for being the first white candidate, in a city that is more than 60 percent black, to win that office in 32 years (since his father held it). But the real story isn't his race. Landrieu's unity-and-reform agenda won an 11-way contest with 66 percent of the vote—a colossal mandate. With it, New Orleans may at last be entering an era of clean, efficient government—the kind that can finally rebuild from Katrina."
February 11, 2010
“NEW ORLEANS is used to big weekends, but the last one stood out. On February 6th voters elected a new mayor, Mitch Landrieu, in a landslide more dramatic than any in memory. The next day the city's beloved football team, the Saints—famous mostly for bumbling—won the Super Bowl for the first time in their 43-year existence.