Organizers working to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said they are confident enough voters are dissatisfied with her leadership and will oust her from office.
Attorney Laura Rodrigue joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss LaToya Cantrell's commitment to reimburse the city for the tickets and address the broader crime surge in New Orleans.Mayor LaToya Cantrell said they're confident enough voters are dissatisfied with her leadership amid an uptick in violent crime and questionable trips and expenditures that have raised ethics concerns.
"Our mayor literally won't say the word ‘crime.' She has disassociated herself from crime. She refuses to be involved it in at all."As of Monday, the New Orleans Police Department has investigated 248 murders this year, a police spokesperson told Fox News Digital. In 2021, the city had 218 killings, the most sinceThe city has a population of nearly 377,000 residents, according to 2021 estimates by the U.S.
New Orleans has never recalled a mayor in modern times. If Cantrell becomes the first, the City Council would have to appoint an acting mayor from among its two members who are elected citywide — council members Helena Moreno and Jean Paul"JP" Morrell — until an election is held, said Robert Collins, a professor of urban studies and public policy at Dillard University in New Orleans.
New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson announced his retirement last week and will officially step down on Dec. 22. The City Council has recommended a national search for a replacement. "It just started to seem like she was going to milk her last term for every penny of the taxpayer dollar for her enjoyment," Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue, a former Orleans Parish prosecutor and member of the Bayou Mama Bears, told Fox News Digital."It didn't seem genuine that these trips were to help New Orleans. It seemed like they were self-serving, like a bucket list."
The outlet found Cantrell at the apartment nearly every day over a 26-day period, often staying for hours at a time and sometimes staying overnight.
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