What 153 years of uninterrupted Democrat control can do.
New Orleans is the “City that Care Forgot,” the home of the Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, and the world-famous French Quarter. It also teems with rich culture, colorful history, beautiful architecture, fabulous food, renowned restaurants, amazing festivals, and attractions that bring tourists from every corner of the globe. No other city can host an event like New Orleans, which makes it a popular destination for conventions, Super Bowls, and a multitude of special occasions for individuals, couples, families, and businesses.
Unfortunately, New Orleans is also home to progressive politics that have turned the city into a hub of dysfunction. Democrats control every political position in New Orleans, including school board members, legislators, council members, a U.S. Congressman, and, of course, the mayor. In fact, the last Republican Mayor of New Orleans left office in 1872, so Democrats have had 153 years of uninterrupted control.
Sadly, in New Orleans, elections are not even close, as Republican candidates are fortunate to garner 15% of the vote in gubernatorial or presidential elections. Yet, an obvious question for the very progressive voters in New Orleans is why do you keep electing Democrats to office?
Democrats have delivered substandard streets, poorly performing schools, an extremely high crime rate, and a dismal economy. Democrats keep getting elected, but they never improve the quality of life for suffering residents.
The results have been devastating. In 1960, New Orleans attained its record population of 627,525. In the next 65 years, the population steadily declined until it reached the level of 351,399 this year.
Since the 2020 census, New Orleans has lost a greater percentage of its population than any other city in the nation. In the last five years, the population of New Orleans has dropped 31,842 or an astounding 8.31%.
Among the people residing in New Orleans, there are many who have no opportunity to leave. The city’s poverty rate is 22.63%, more than double the national average of 11.1%.
Why is the economy so poor, and why are so many people moving out? While New Orleans has been victimized by high crime, hurricanes, outrageous insurance rates, and other problems, the primary reason for the city’s woes has been horrific political leadership.
The current Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, has been accused of carrying on an affair with her security guard. She misused a city-owned apartment as a personal residence until the City Council removed her. Her extensive international travel to climate change conferences was criticized by citizens who demanded that she focus on her job duties. --->READ MORE HERE
While seven escaped prisoners, including two murder suspects, remain at large after a dramatic jailbreak from a New Orleans three days ago, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry joined "America Reports" and issued a stern warning to those inside the jail who might have helped the inmates escape.
"They're gonna go to jail as well," said Landry. "Not only those people who may have aided and abetted them to get out, but those who continue to aid them, if we find them - if we find that you aided and abetted those fugitives - you're going to jail as well."
Landry said that authorities have reason to believe that most of the fugitives are still in the state of Louisiana, and most likely in the New Orleans area.
"We're gonna hunt these folks down, we're gonna find them, and we're gonna bring them back to a jail that they can't break out of," Landry said.
He also said
The Republican governor ripped the parish's progressive soft-on-crime policies that he claims aided the escape in a Sunday night press conference.
"The irony of the progressive promises that have been made to this city is clear. New Orleans handed the jail keys to those who vowed to keep criminals out of jail, and sadly, today we see that it worked," Landry said during a Sunday night press conference. "I hope everyone understands that the video of those prisoners escaping epitomizes a progressive criminal justice system."
Landry ripped politicians who "pander voters" which he said "lead[s] to a lack of safety and order."
During the press conference, Landry announced an executive order to audit the Orleans Correctional Facility by the state's Department of Corrections (DOC) and remove all DOC inmates from the local jail. He handed down another order directing the state inspector general to work with the Orleans Parish Sheriff to inventory all jail inmates awaiting trial and those awaiting sentencing.
Ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility on Friday night, which was captured on the jail's surveillance footage. Authorities say they crawled through a hold hidden behind a toilet.
The inmates then reportedly scaled and then hopped the jail's barbed wire fence and ran across the highway into a neighborhood before changing clothes. --->READ MORE HERE
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