New Orleans’ Parks and Parkways Director Michael Karam was fired Wednesday, a day after a City Council member publicly criticized his department, according to a notice from Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration.
In an email to the council, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Ernest Legier told the council’s chief of staff he had “the unfortunate task of separating Mike Karam.”
Legier did not provide a reason for the end of Karam’s tenure. He said Sharon Franklin-Brown, previously the department’s operations chief, is now the interim director…