New Orleans Mayor Landrieu would be happy if Louisiana put Confederate statues in park

[struggle4progress]

ADVOCATE STAFF REPORT JUL 11, 2016 - 8:29 AM

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu last week ... reiterated his argument that the statues do not have a place in modern New Orleans.

But he said that if Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, who supported efforts to block the city from removing them, is so keen on keeping them up, he is welcome to have them after the city takes them down.

“Since the lieutenant governor has a different opinion on this and he has a lot of state parks, I invite him to come take them,” said Landrieu, who served as lieutenant governor himself before becoming mayor ...

http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_1648b442-47d0-11e6-b7d9-3724891c7a54.html

[tonyt53]

1. Perfect response from the mayor.