Four years ago the plutocrats of New Orleans seized the opportunity presented to them by a wide open field of mayoral candidates to install what they figured would be a useful puppet in city hall. They did this by having their mouthpieces at the Times-Picayune (published by a scion of the old-line aristocratic Phelps family), the Gambit (published by the powerfully dim yuppie Clancy Dubos) and local television loudly push the president of the local cable tv monopoly into the mayor's office.
Four years later, the strategy remains the same... only this time the plutocracy no longer feels it necessary to keep up appearances by choosing a puppet who is of a particular racial background. Yesterday they officially spoke with their loudest voice in favor of the head of a multi million dollar tourism racket. So much is different about our city... and yet so little has changed.
Update: We would be remiss if we let this post stand without incorporating Schroeder's comments somehow.
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