Okay whose idea is this?

Somebody is talking to Cyndi Nguyen about doing something with Six Flags.  She didn't just suddenly get up one day and think, "Hey and indoor water park sounds neato," to herself.

Still, her own ideas for some of the district's most notorious boondoggles and persistent areas of blight can seem a touch outlandish.

Nguyen wants to turn the old Six Flags site, which has been abandoned since just before Katrina, into an indoor water park. The closest outdoor water parks are in Baton Rouge and Gulfport, Mississippi. An indoor park, she said, could be a moneymaker year-round.

Again, no, that's not "her own idea." Somebody brought that to her. The article says she is working with the mayor to "tap a consultant" for advice on Six Flags (which, I mean, good lord, right?) and she's certainly gotten some input. I think I've seen Tonya Pope's organization tweet at the mayor a few times. (How is that wax museum coming along, by the way?) Toward the end of this article we see one of the several previously rejected bidders for the property, Danny Rodgers, showed up at the IDB meeting where they agreed to let Cantrell take over the process. Rodgers, at the time, was still talking about a water park. Maybe he's talking to Nguyen now. 

I hope someone talks to her about this, though.  The people of this city... and the Lower Ninth Ward, in particular... have had just about enough nonsense about how we're going to solve our problems with branding.

She’s also dropping little hints that District E, which comprises New Orleans East and the Lower 9th Ward, needs a new attitude. She calls her district “The E,” while the Lower 9th Ward has become “The L9,” nicknames she hopes will subtly shift public perceptions.