This is interesting.
Remember that building in downtown New Orleans that fell apart last October while it was still being constructed?
Nothing has happened over the past few months to clean up the disaster left behind (not to mention the two dead bodies trapped beneath the rubble).
Now we learn the developers who were building the hotel donated nearly $70,000 to Mayor LaToya Cantrell & her political action committee.
Some of the money came from companies controlled by Mohan Kailas — the lead developer on the project. Some came from Citadel Builders, the project’s general contractor, and its president, Denzel Clark. Money was also contributed by All Star Electric, a contractor on the project, and its CEO Todd Trosclair, who is a partner in 1031 Canal Development.
Exactly one month after the collapse, Trosclair donated event space and catering for a fundraising event hosted by the Action New Orleans PAC. And one of his companies, Malone All Star JV LLC, donated $7,500 to Action New Orleans on the same day.
An additional $6,000 was donated by Kailas’ daughter-in-law and Regional Mechanical Services, a contractor on the project. The Lens also identified $23,400 donated to former and current City council members Stacy Head, Jared Brossett, Jason Williams, Kristin Palmer, Nadine Ramsey and Jay Banks.
Wow! No wonder nothing is getting done - it sounds an awful lot like these people paid off the mayor of New Orleans.
Emergency officials are on the scene of a partial building collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel construction site downtown New Orleans, Louisiana on October 12, 2019. - One person died and at least 18 others were injured Saturday when the top floors of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction collapsed, officials said. The New Orleans fire department received reports at 9:12am local time that the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans had collapsed. (Photo by Emily Kask / 30238387A / AFP) (Photo by EMILY KASK/30238387A /AFP via Getty Images)