Why Am I Running?
I’m running for City Council because I don’t like what I see happening to our neighborhoods.
Over the last several years I have witnessed first-hand our quality of life gradually diminish while our elected officials sit idly by and do nothing.
I’m a no-nonsense problem-solver and currently, City Hall has too many problems and not enough common sense. I’d like the opportunity to change that. I believe actually enforcing the laws we already have on the books would go a long to way to solving a lot of our problems.
Vote Early
October 30 - Nov 6
(except Sunday)
Election Day Nov. 13
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Special Statement on Entergy
HOLDING ENTERGY ACCOUNTABLE
Entergy’s catastrophic failure during Hurricane Ida illustrated not only its incompetence, but also the City Council’s failure to use its full regulatory power over the shareholder owned company. If elected, I will:
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Oppose any proposed rate increases. New Orleanians are paying more for energy than the national average while Entergy makes billions in profits. The average American household spends an average of 3% of their income on home energy costs. In 2020 over 18,000 households in Orleans Parish gave 20% of their income to Entergy.
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Introduce an ordinance prohibiting City Council members from accepting campaign contributions from Entergy.
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Enforce the Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard. The “RCPS” requires Entergy to satisfy an escalating percentage of its user demand through the use of renewable and clean energy technologies.
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Encourage local investment in the new green economy. Green energy is the future and New Orleans should be a part of it. Cultivating a renewable energy industry will also help diversify our economy.
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Use Integrated Resource Planning as a powerful tool for ensuring that New Orleans energy consumers receive affordable and reliable electricity service that does not compromise the health of their communities or the environment.
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Fire the Council’s Utility Advisors. The utility advisor contracts are among the most lucrative in the city and for too long they have looked out for Entergy’s bottom line instead of providing honest energy policy advise. Rate-payers deserve better.
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Demand annual management audits. Entergy has proven itself to be untrustworthy—the gas plant in the East, the mismanaged Grand Gulf nuclear power plant, power failures during the severe winter storm the week of Mardi Gras, and routine reliability issues all demonstrate that Entergy cannot be trusted.
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Force Entergy to upgrade its infrastructure, including tapping into MISO (the regional, multi-state transmission grid). Entergy was forced to join MISO several years ago after a federal government investigation into its anti-competitive practices several years ago yet Entergy has resisted utilizing the regional transmission grid.