NEW ORLEANS — The apparent failure of a spirited petition drive here to force a recall election of Mayor LaToya Cantrell should give no solace to arrogant, leftist politicians. The petition drive failed more because of a lack of professionalism than a lack of public support.
Cantrell is blamed by many for allowing this port city to become, by far, the nation’s per capita murder capital in 2022. She also has been embroiled in other controversies ranking from taking first-class European travel on the taxpayers’ tab to private use of a swanky, city-owned apartment with a security official with whom she was alleged to be having an affair.
Organizers Carter and Batiste are political activists, and Carter actually had served in Cantrell’s administration, but neither are hardened political professionals. Their volunteer-heavy efforts were impressively energetic, but observers repeatedly said they lacked professional standards and scope. The final approved target level for signatories was 44,975. In all, organizers turned in 67,046 names by the Feb. 27 deadline. Today, though, Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Sandra Wilson reported that only 27,243 of the signatures met the exacting standards to be counted. About 6,500 were duplicates, and another 33,000 or so were deemed “invalid” for other, unspecified reasons, presumably such as lacking full birth dates or full address lines for the listed names.
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