The recall effort against Mayor LaToya Cantrell continues.
Organizers continue to hold events at which residents can sign the petition, including one that will be set up ahead of Monday night's New Orleans Saints/Baltimore Ravens game. Another event near this past weekend's Poboy Festival drew what one organizer called a "diverse crowd."
That organizer, recall effort vice chair Eileen Carter, says the NoLaToya recall group will give its next update about the number of signatures they have next week.
"We'll be giving our next milestone right after the election," Carter told WWL's Newell Normand. "You will get more of an idea. Of course, we will not give you the exact nail on the head, but you will get a better idea."
Carter says she and other organizers have kept a relatively low profile during election season to avoid getting lost in the shuffle of the midterm campaigns.
"We didn't want to get mixed up into all the election . . . I don't want to say 'nonsense,' but just the overload," Carter said.
Carter also noted that members of her group have heard claims of possible retaliation by the mayor.
"We have been told by multiple city workers that they have been told that if they sign they will lose their jobs," Carter said, adding that she's not surprised. "You see that retribution is a real way that this administration leads, and we're not having it."
Carter says anyone who feels they're being targeted for signing the petition should seek legal remedy.
"That is illegal. That cannot happen. You do have recourse if anything like that does happen."
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