Senior members of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration are publicly breaking with Cantrell over her decision to switch French Quarter trash contractors at the end of the month, telling the city council they don’t think her preferred contractor is ready to do the job.
At a July 21 council hearing, Cantrell’s Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Joe Threat and Department of Sanitation Director Matt Torri all said they believed the mayor should let IV Waste’s emergency contract continue through the end of the year rather than have Henry Consulting take over July 31.
Although Cantrell has no meaningful relationship with council members at this point, her top aides have remained at least publicly loyal, even when she’s thrown Montano and others to the proverbial wolves during her myriad second-term scandals. But with only a few months left in office, it seems some of her top aides are becoming more comfortable speaking out…