Will Sutton: Moreno must confront massive budget deficit to achieve her vision for New Orleans

Are you an experienced magician? Can you use sleight of hand to force people to look one way while you do something creative elsewhere? When there’s no bird in sight can you make a bird appear in the palm of your empty hand? Can you put on a top hat and tip it in a way that makes people want to toss in money?

If so, do we have a job for you!

Congratulations Mayor-elect Helena Moreno! You’ve won the best, highest-ranking public service job in the City of New Orleans. You’ve worked hard to get here. You were a television news reporter and anchor. You were a state legislator. You are a hard-working City Council member. You’ve faced all kinds of challenges, even finding ways to turn “nos” into “yesses” and working with people to find creative solutions…

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