Tarrance For Governor Rally in New Orleans, La.
Abandoned New Orleans Six Flags Main Parking Lot
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Well hello New Orleans!
You might think this choice of venue is quite strange. We're the only people out here as far as you can see! Though it did require some special permission from Orleans Parish, I wanted to bring y'all out here to make a point.
This lot, as many of y'all know, has sat vacant ever since the devastation of Katrina in 2005. Before that time, it was an important economic engine for New Orleans East and brought in even more tourists to this great city. However, it has sat as an eyesore and even a health and safety hazard due to the wildlife in the park -- and I don't think I need to tell y'all from here twice about that.
The city has struggled with what to do with this increasing problem for the region. Despite many bids for redevelopment and even a proposal for demolishing the site -- both outcomes I believe we all agree would be better than the stagnation of the present -- the site still stands 16 years after it closed.
And it still stands after one full Boisseau term.
For the citizens of New Orleans East, the city, and the state, JB's administration has been a betrayal. After thinking he would advocate for the working people of Louisiana, restoring neighborhoods like New Orleans East through new economic development, he's turned right around and betrayed y'all by levying a new tax that y'all just can't afford. Instead of helping your Mayor attract new business opportunities to this decaying site and actually helping his citizens by turning this neighborhood around, this lot sits vacant and as a health hazard while he passes the buck from the Southern government.
Louisiana is hurting under the Boisseau administration, and the DA is here with a doctor who has the cure -- Tarrance Becard!
New Orleans East has much potential for revival, with many pad sites in this area sitting vacant and ready for redevelopment. Under a Tarrance Becard administration, his guiding principle will be to attract new economic development to this site, this neighborhood, and the state as a whole. Specifically, Tarrance's priority in office will be to redevelop this site in a way that the citizens of New Orleans East want and deserve. And by fighting taxes like Boisseau's Betrayal, Tarrance will ensure neighborhoods like New Orleans East get a fair shake.
Thank y'all for turning out and showing that this election is a time for change, and I would especially like to send my gratitude to the police and parish officials out here keeping us safe. God bless New Orleans and the great state of Louisiana!
