19 November 2009

The Economist on the mayor's race

The Economist discusses New Orleans' mayor's race here. One thing I didn't mention the other day was that New Orleans has a rather stringent residency requirement: you have to have lived here five years in order to run. That disqualifies the otherwise good possibilities of James Carville and Brad Pitt. Yes, Brad Pitt. If I don't have to vote tactically in the election, I'll write his name in anyway.
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  1. Adrastos24 November, 2009 10:48

    Welcome to the NOLA blogosphere. Thanks for the link to the Economist. I didn't know they'd written about our semi-farcical Mayor's race.

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  2. Cousin Pat24 November, 2009 14:07

    Welcome to the NOLAsphere. Best quote from the Economist article? "neophyte who ran the local cable-TV monopoly."

    I love how the Economist gets these little digs in at America's form of "capitalism."

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