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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 11m

Oh look. The person who will run the city is here. And also Helena Moreno

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 32m

He's back. She fixed it

skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 37m

Kelvin Banks injured. Thanks, Helena

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 37m

Kelvin Banks injured. Thanks, Helena

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 41m

My take on the first quarter today: nonsense. It's all nonsense

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4h

Sweet serenity

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4h

It is probably not good that the political juice seems to be concentrated uptown these days

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4h

I know the election didn't go as expected but I thibk that Dracula guy has a future in politics. After all, they say now is the time of monsters.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4h

Another thing I think is that progressives are going to have to find some way to squash their beef with JP Morrell if they want to be heard at all in the next term.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4h

Actually I think a lot of those people will go away. The shouting in this campaign was mostly contained to Instagram comment threads. And it was mostly between paid stooges arguing over personal grievances and inscrutable minutiae nobody cares about.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 5h

Almost forgot there is a Saints game today

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 5h

I think the overall theme of last night's elections is it's an overwhelming victory for "the establishment."

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Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 13h

No, seriously, this is a runoff between two different people. I know it may not look like it at first.
www.nola.com/news/politic...

New Orleans City Council's District A race will go to a runoff election

Whoever wins will take over the seat currently held by Councilmember Joe Giarrusso.

www.nola.com

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 14h

105,000 total votes is about 20,000 more than in 2017 when the seat was last open. (Also roughly 20,000 more than in 2010)

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Dan Fox @dantigravity.bsky.social · 14h

Unofficial at 40% (for mayor), so... not great?

Dan Fox @dantigravity.bsky.social · 17h

Turnout in Orleans Parish for the presidential election last year was a shade under 60%. Will be interesting to see what the mayoral race numbers look like in relation.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 15h

In an interview with WWLTV just now, Helena talked about the way contracting out city services is actually more expensive than doing them in-house a lot of the time. This is one line from her campaign that I've always liked and look forward to seeing how she applies it.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 15h

I am looking forward to having a mayor who doesn't shout at everybody all the time for a change

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marisa @marginalmarisa.bsky.social · 15h

👀👀👀

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 15h

I would caution against that. Moreno is riding the exact same sort of coalition that elected Cantrell originally. (And Mitch before her. And Nagin before Mitch.) The status quo is still very much status quo.

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