New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu marked his 100th day in office Tuesday by issuing a long list of what he considers his accomplishments in office.
Mercifully, the T-P doesn't print the entire list of 100 "accomplishments" but even the sampling they do offer us indicates that the list is padded with items which qualify more for either the "things that happened" category such as the laying of boom on Lake Pontchartrain necessitated by the Macondo disaster or, more frequently, the "things they want to happen category" like "pledging support" for privatizing NORD.
This isn't to say that there aren't substantive items listed among the accomplishments. Few among us will fault the administration for renegotiating the controversial French Quarter garbage contract or for beginning to dis-entwine municipal operations from MWH contracted services. At the same time, it's difficult to spin some of the painful budget cutting moves you've been forced into as "accomplishments." Once I saw Magic Johnson characterize the AIDS virus as an "attainment" This is sort of like that, I guess.
Anyway, the list we're actually interested in, the proverbial list that counts this week isn't going to be released until Friday.
The mayor was expected to use the occasion of his 100th day to issue a list of 100 bricks-and-mortar recovery projects that his administration intends to get under way soon, but release of that list has been delayed until Friday.This morning, The Lens has a speculative sneak preview of what it might entail.
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