Drafts of two letters presented Monday to Nagin’s Bring New Orleans Back Commission contained a list of the panel’s members — minus Archbishop Alfred Hughes, who was left off. Three other commissioners’ names were incorrect.
The two letters, to state Attorney General Charles Foti and the state Board of Ethics, were designed to clarify the commission’s legal status and which state laws apply to its deliberations and actions.
The Rev. Fred Luter was listed as “Later,” and musician Wynton Marsalis as “Winton.”
But the most curious error was the way developer and banker Joseph Canizaro’s name was rendered: “Joe Caviar.”
It’s nice to know that despite all the lay-offs and budget cuts and general craziness, New Orleans’ City Hall is able to conduct business as usual with its crack team of highly specialized, inadequately educated, commission-loving bureaucrats.
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