Just another day in New Orleans (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

FoI is FoI
Asking the press to provide valid reasons to access public information that aren’t tied to state secrets is a slippery slope
Like an actual (rhetorical) slippery slope

If that's the case, I ain't signing sheet.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Most people aren't cheering for anything. They just want the crime to stop. Is there a path there? I don't know, but just throwing hands up and letting crime run rampant isn't the answer

We’ve had almost this exact conversation before (maybe even on this thread when the car jacking at Costco was a thing) - I think you even used the same hyperbole
I don’t think we need to rehash

 

[GrandAdmiral]

FoI is FoI
Asking the press to provide valid reasons to access public information that aren’t tied to state secrets is a slippery slope
Like an actual (rhetorical) slippery slope

So voter information shouldn't be protected?

 

[DaveXA]

We’ve had almost this exact conversation before (maybe even on this thread when the car jacking at Costco was a thing) - I think you even used the same hyperbole
I don’t think we need to rehash

Well, my memory ain't always that good. But yeah, we've probably hashed this out a few times, although I don't remember how it ended.

Fwiw, what is the hyperbole?

 

[ChrisinNOLA]

My guess is that she is only looking for a couple of names on this petition. To see if anyone that works for her signed it. Also if anyone on the city council signed it.

 

[buzd]

My guess is that she is only looking for a couple of names on this petition. To see if anyone that works for her signed it. Also if anyone on the city council signed it.

I’m not worried about it. I’ll tell her that I signed it.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

They're inching closer...

Cantrell recall campaign says it's nearing its signature goal

The latest number of signatures represents a leap forward from the organizers’ last update of approximately 39,000 signatures back in January.

www.wwltv.com

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

They're inching closer...

Cantrell recall campaign says it's nearing its signature goal

The latest number of signatures represents a leap forward from the organizers’ last update of approximately 39,000 signatures back in January.

www.wwltv.com

Unintended consequence of this...I can already see it happening. Even if the recall makes it to a general vote, it'll fail then, in the next actual mayoral election cycle the candidate with the inside line to the majority will be much worse than Cantrell & against someone like Moreno they're going use the attempted recall to other-ize her/whoever as their path to victory.

Think Cantrell was bad, wait until you get a load of Mayor "that guy who cursed that white chick out over block party"

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Unintended consequence of this...I can already see it happening. Even if the recall makes it to a general vote, it'll fail then, in the next actual mayoral election cycle the candidate with the inside line to the majority will be much worse than Cantrell & against someone like Moreno they're going use the attempted recall to other-ize her/whoever as their path to victory.

Think Cantrell was bad, wait until you get a load of Mayor "that guy who cursed that white chick out over block party"

the Last of Us is a good cautionary tale about the double edged sword of revolutions
and the last 10-20 years is a cautionary tale about the efficacy of breaking stuff just to break it
i'd feel much better about the recall campaign if 'they' were clear about paths forward
also if they were clear about who 'they' are so the agenda is more clear

and like i've said before, 'fixing' the mayor without trying to fix the state is about as effective/useful as peeing in a fan

 

[GrandAdmiral]

'fixing' the mayor without trying to fix the state

This makes too much sense to happen.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Unintended consequence of this...I can already see it happening. Even if the recall makes it to a general vote, it'll fail then, in the next actual mayoral election cycle the candidate with the inside line to the majority will be much worse than Cantrell & against someone like Moreno they're going use the attempted recall to other-ize her/whoever as their path to victory.

Think Cantrell was bad, wait until you get a load of Mayor "that guy who cursed that white chick out over block party"

I support the recall on principle but it is surely going to lead to some ugliness. If the organizers happen to get enough signatures by Wednesday you can expect LaToya to go nuclear with the racism/sexism allegations. It's going to make Nagin/Landrieu in 2006 look like the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I support the recall on principle but it is surely going to lead to some ugliness. If the organizers happen to get enough signatures by Wednesday you can expect LaToya to go nuclear with the racism/sexism allegations. It's going to make Nagin/Landrieu in 2006 look like the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Which is strange condition the primary organizers starting it are a black man and a woman (who I believe used to work for her).

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Which is strange condition the primary organizers starting it are a black man and a woman (who I believe used to work for her).

I know - and she is broadly unpopular across all demographics - but because the largest single donations have come from white men*, it's pretty much inevitable that it devolves into that.

*Even though most of those white men supported her the first time around. It really feels like Nagin 2.0

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Some people are just idiots. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this video ad.

NOPD pulls new recruitment ad after backlash on social media

The 30-second spot was funded by the city and produced for about $27,000 by the nonprofit Police and Justice Foundation.

www.wwltv.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I assumed the complaint would have been about copaganda or something
Not the ‘why are there so many of those types in the city’
Not sure why I’m surprised