Effort to recall New Orleans mayor down to it’s final week, with over a thousand signatures to go. Will they get a recall election?

Mayor LaToya Cantrell at Gallier Hall February 18, 2022 @professorsampson Instagram

The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has one more week to gather the petition signatures needed, and they says they are very close. On Tuesday, “No LaToya” reports needing just over 1000 names. Group organizer Eileen Carter says New Orleans residents who want change in their city need to take action…:

“We want to have a cushion, and we want to put an exclamation point on it. So please get in your mailers, get in your signatures. Download it on your computer right there at ‘NoLaToya.org.’”

Carter says a large number of citizens seek to replace Mayor Cantrell because they are not satisfied with her office’s handling of city services, like trach collection, street maintenance, drainage and police protection. Carter says when confronted with complaints, the mayor often goes on the offensive…:

“It’s this retaliatory nature – unfortunately – that this administration has across the board that has out city in disarray across the board.”

“No LaToya” must hand in over 49-thousand signatures to the Orleans Registrar of Voters by a week from today. Carter says they will succeed in getting their signatures and they hope Governor Edwards will schedule the recall with all due haste…:

“We would think that he would put it on the spring cycle, which is April which is right around the corner…and we would be able to really move New Orleans forward and changes its trajectory in an immediate way.”