All articles tagged with #latoya cantrell
Helena Moreno, a Democrat and city council member, won the New Orleans mayoral race with 55% of the vote, succeeding LaToya Cantrell amid her turbulent term and federal corruption charges. Moreno's platform focused on public safety and city services, and she will take office in January.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is set to appear in federal court on corruption charges related to an alleged affair with her bodyguard, involving conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction, with the indictment revealing misuse of taxpayer funds and attempts to conceal the relationship. She has denied any inappropriate conduct and faces her first court appearance amid political and public scrutiny.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on charges of conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction related to a yearslong scheme to hide her romantic relationship with her bodyguard, involving encrypted messages, travel expenses, and false statements, marking a historic legal challenge during her tenure.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on federal charges of fraud and obstruction related to a personal relationship with a police officer, involving a scheme to misuse public resources and deceive investigations over three years.
A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and officer Jeffrey Vappie on 18 felony counts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, and obstruction, alleging they engaged in a corruption scheme involving a personal relationship while Vappie was on duty.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans has been indicted following a federal corruption investigation, adding turmoil to her final term as mayor, with specific charges not yet disclosed.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is expected to select Anne Kirkpatrick as the next Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). Kirkpatrick, who has over two decades of command experience and previously served as the first female chief of the Oakland Police Department, is set to become the first permanent female chief of the NOPD pending confirmation by the New Orleans City Council. Cantrell interviewed three finalists for the position, including Kirkpatrick, Interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork, and David Franklin. Kirkpatrick's experience in reducing crime rates and her reputation for being decisive, courageous, credible, and ethical were highlighted during the selection process. The council confirmation hearings have yet to be scheduled.
Sandra Wilson, the Orleans Registrar of Voters, spoke exclusively with WDSU about the signature counting process in the recall petition against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Wilson stated that the process was not fun and required thousands of copies of signatures, as well as those same signatures being counted twice for accuracy. The recall effort failed after only 27,000 signatures were certified, and Wilson is expected to hold a news conference on Thursday to provide a more detailed update on the process.
The leaders behind the campaign to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell say their efforts were 'doomed' from the start due to inaccurate voter rolls and a lawsuit filed by The Advocate. The NoLaToya recall organizers plan to explore "all legal options" to make a recall election happen and will continue to demand accountability from their elected officials.
The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed as the recall petition only had 27,243 valid signatures, well short of the nearly 45,000 names needed to force a referendum on Mayor Cantrell. The campaign filed a lawsuit against the Orleans Parish Registrar claiming that more than 30,000 voters listed voters in the parish have either moved out of the state or to another parish within the state.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has filed a lawsuit to block the recall effort against her from going to a vote, questioning the legality of the agreement reached by the Louisiana Secretary of State and organizers with the recall effort on active voters in the parish. Cantrell and her lawyers are asking for the recall petition to be declared null and void, according to the lawsuit. The Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters is currently counting the number of signatures collected by recall organizers, which would have to be certified and sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards before the recall would be placed on the ballot.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out a deal between the Secretary of State and the group seeking to recall her from office. The deal between the two sides lowered the number of recall petition signatures needed to trigger a recall election by essentially reducing the number of “active” voters on the Orleans Parish rolls. Cantrell’s filing alleges that the Secretary of State was “exercising a power not bestowed on him” and in doing so “usurped powers specially reserved to the Louisiana legislature.”