Talk about inflation

The price of everything is going up up up.  I mean, look how much it costs the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee to buy just one city court clerkship these days. 

Lisa Ray Diggs is, without question, the establishment candidate for this position. She’s the chair of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee and cites endorsements by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, every member of the City Council, U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, and numerous other local politicians, including Lombard, who she’s vying to replace.

She’s also raised fairly substantial funds for the election, according to campaign finance records, including more than $8,600 in contributions and a $20,000 interest-free loan she made to her own campaign. Those funds, her filings say, have helped pay for a $4,711.77 “billboard,” more than $6,000 worth of “signs & stakes,” and thousands of dollars more spent on vague campaign-related costs including “campaign management services” and “campaign consulting services” and “strategic campaign services.” The campaign paid $2,500 to an organization called Grassroots Solutions NOLA just for “campaign finance reporting,” according to those very campaign finance reports. That’s not a service we see many campaigns paying for, especially at that price.

All the candidates in that race look to be running on similar platforms. Although it also looks like they've mostly cribbed from Jordan Bridges's proposal to digitize records so you can make up your mind which candidate is most committed to that idea.  Anyway, City Court handles evictions. It's always helpful to have someone in charge there who actually cares about people who need housing.  Do any of these folks care about that?  Hard to say.