The mayor-elect of New Orleans is in Boston today, spending time in Cambridge and then having a little tete-a-tete with everyone's favorite urban mechanic. What pearls of wisdom will Boston's longest serving incumbent have to impart to the new guy?
I don't know too much about New Orleans politics at the moment, but Mayor-Elect Landrieu has convened several citizen advisory panels to help him set policy as soon as he takes office next month. It seems Mayor Nagin wasn't very popular and didn't make many popular decisions. He beat Landrieu in a close race in the previous election and people have been rueing that turn out in the interim. Of note, Landrieu has served as Lt. Governor of Louisiana in the past. That's a nice bit of experience for a city's top official to have.
If you read the Times-Picayune article on Mitch Landrieu's visit to our fair city, you'll see he has unspecified business in town through Wednesday. I don't think he'll be coming to Savin Hill to congratulate a soon-to-be future immigrant on his wise decision but I do have a piece of advice:
Mayor-Elect Landrieu, before you head back to the beautiful. lively city of New Orleans, you may want to see the most beautiful and lively part of Boston. Since you are going to be here tomorrow morning head up to Dorchester Heights and stand in the park at sunrise. Face south and as the rosy sky breaks to gold and cerulean you will see Dorchester stretched out before you in all its majestic glory. That will give you something to think about when you are considering plans to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East. You could do far, far worse than match Dorchester's vitality.
I'm sure I'm going to love the Big Easy, but I'm going to miss Dot.
Another piece of advice: If you want to do anything after midnight, there aren't many options but you can always go bowling.
I don't know too much about New Orleans politics at the moment, but Mayor-Elect Landrieu has convened several citizen advisory panels to help him set policy as soon as he takes office next month. It seems Mayor Nagin wasn't very popular and didn't make many popular decisions. He beat Landrieu in a close race in the previous election and people have been rueing that turn out in the interim. Of note, Landrieu has served as Lt. Governor of Louisiana in the past. That's a nice bit of experience for a city's top official to have.
If you read the Times-Picayune article on Mitch Landrieu's visit to our fair city, you'll see he has unspecified business in town through Wednesday. I don't think he'll be coming to Savin Hill to congratulate a soon-to-be future immigrant on his wise decision but I do have a piece of advice:
Mayor-Elect Landrieu, before you head back to the beautiful. lively city of New Orleans, you may want to see the most beautiful and lively part of Boston. Since you are going to be here tomorrow morning head up to Dorchester Heights and stand in the park at sunrise. Face south and as the rosy sky breaks to gold and cerulean you will see Dorchester stretched out before you in all its majestic glory. That will give you something to think about when you are considering plans to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East. You could do far, far worse than match Dorchester's vitality.
I'm sure I'm going to love the Big Easy, but I'm going to miss Dot.
Another piece of advice: If you want to do anything after midnight, there aren't many options but you can always go bowling.
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