Following the horrific New Year’s Eve terror attack in New Orleans, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser expressed his frustration with the city’s leadership and their seeming unpreparedness. He made some good points, including wondering about the whereabouts of the bollards. He took direct aim at Mayor LaToya Cantrell:
Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser leveled a series of broadsides at Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration a day after the deadly attack on Bourbon Street, injecting a sharp political tone into the governmental response to the New Year’s Day tragedy.
In three interviews with separate news outlets Thursday, Nungesser, a Republican who as lieutenant governor is the state’s top tourism official, said he was frustrated with “excuses” from the city’s Democratic mayor and her lieutenants related to the barriers that were missing from the…
