Off to a fittingly crazy start

It's too early to tell but we may now have the 2010 Mayoral race's answer to the Kimberly Butler candidacy of 2006. Butler, if you will recall, launched her campaign just as she was turning herself in to serve a brief prison sentence for contempt-of-court. We thought of her this morning when we read this in the Times-Picayune

Sean Hunter, the top administrator at Louis Armstrong International Airport for the past three years, resigned Wednesday in the wake of a federal probe that airport officials have said involves "possible insurance violations" involving a family member.

Shauna Hunter, Sean Hunter's wife, contacted The Times-Picayune to confirm that she is the family member under investigation and dropped this bombshell: Her husband resigned not because of that controversy, but to run for mayor of New Orleans.

Yesterday, we noted that Arnie Fielkow's decision not to run could be compared to the starter's gun finally firing on this year's "Race to the Punchline" Combine this with another unverified Facebook rumor we're hearing and we'd say the silly season is off and running.

Update: Hunter now says he's out. Doesn't anybody want this job?