Justen Williams, 343 Media
Mayor LaToya Cantrell
Uptown voters will have a chance today (Aug. 28) to sign a recently filed recall petition to oust Mayor LaToya Cantrell from office.
Organizers will collect signatures at Ms. Mae’s Bar, 4336 Magazine St., at Napoleon Avenue, from 2 to 6 p.m. The Ms. Mae’s “signin’ party” is the first event in the recall effort.
Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste, an activist and frequent long-shot candidate, and Eileen Carter, Cantrell’s former social media manager and the sister of former state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, filed the petition Friday (Aug. 26) with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.
They have mounted a grassroots campaign to collect about 53,200 signatures in six months. For the petition to be considered, state law requires the signatures of 20% of voters registered in Orleans Parish.
The petition states the embattled mayor has shown a “failure to put New Orleans first and execute the responsibilities of the position.” She has come under recent criticism for her European travel during a major crime wave and for appearing in court in support of a teenage carjacker.
Petition signers need to be registered to vote in Orleans Parish, know their ward and precinct numbers, and show an ID.
For more information, go to nolatoya.org.
How do I sign the petition
You need to sign in person. Today’s time and place are in the story.
How do I sign recall petition?
Go to nolatoya.org for information on signing the petition.
Can anyone collect signatures and if so, how do we get a copy of the recall petition?
You can go to nolatoya.org or email LetsRecallLatoya@gmail.com for more information.
I’m a disabled senior citizen with mobility issues — where can I sign the petition?
Ms. Schiller, try emailing the organizers at LetsRecallLatoya@gmail.com. They may have volunteers who can come to your home.
I’m an epileptic and unable to drive but eager to sign any and all Cantrell recall petition(s).
pharley1@cox.net
Does anyone know how many of the participants in the mayor’s Pathway program have gone on to commit more crimes?
The website nolatoya.org works when we navigate to it manually. However, your embedded link takes the clicker to a page that doesn’t exist: nolatoya.org/nolatoya.org.
Thanks — it’s fixed.
I missed Sunday’s opportunity to sign the petition. Where can I go today to sign?
Jan, you can go to nolatoya.org or email LetsRecallLatoya@gmail.com for more information.
Will there be a sign up site in New Orleans East?
According to the organizers’ website, there will be a District E signature drop-off site on Sept. 1 (Thursday), but the location has not been announced.
The mayor is disingenuous. She does not understand real progress.michael
will there be another petition signing event/location? if so, when & where?
Jess, you can go to nolatoya.org or email LetsRecallLatoya@gmail.com for more information.
She’s gotta go
its embarrassing . im saddened by this being from nola. now living in florida.
Can there be a website that has a list of places/dates where we can go and sign the petition?
There is such a site: http://www.nolatoya.org. You will also find a link in the story.
Democrats at the National and State level lie constantly, commit crime and their behavior is ignored by national media. This greenlights the atrocious behavior by Cantrell. This is not a surprise and all these people should be removed from public service.