Three Questions

How long did it take for Cerasoli to release his first report? (Seems like a long time given the incessant "Wait til the IG report comes out" comments I had to read) And, from a certain point of view, couldn't his tenure here also have been described as "embattled"? And, forgive me if I'm wrong, but he also resigned somewhat suddenly, didn't he?

One of three candidates to be interviewed today for the post of inspector general for the city of New Orleans resigned his current post as inspector general of Baltimore on Monday, according to a story in the Baltimore Sun.

The Sun article described Hilton Green as "embattled" prior to his resignation, saying that his office had "developed a reputation among some city officials as unproductive." It took Green 18 months to release his first report, the article said, and the report had few if any major revelations in it.

Here are some interesting quotes from that Sun article.

The long-awaited 18-page report included a two-page introduction and a four-page summary of Green's prior work as a city housing inspector. It showed the office, a staff of five that includes a sheriff's deputy, has investigated 67 complaints since July, closing 54 of them and referring four to the city state's attorney's office for prosecution.

Nilson said the report was not fully informative and "didn't say to me that [the inspector general's office] was knocking the city's socks off."

Many City Council members agreed, and a week ago voted 9-5 to slash $200,000 from the inspector general's $500,000 annual budget. It was the only agency they cut, though Dixon quickly said she would likely veto that move and reinstate the office's funding.

It's like Bizzarro World or something. Didn't we just go through a bloody battle over our City Council's push to increase the IG's funding? Also of note, the Baltimore IG looks from this article to be a direct mayoral appointee.

Update: It's all moot since they went with this guy.

NEW ORLEANS -- Rev. Kevin Wildes announced that Edouard Quatrevaux has been named the New Orleans inspector general.

More later Got a fake football game to catch.