Public Sailing Center
New Orleans was very quietly one of the nation's leading training grounds for competitive sailing, which in turn supported many sailing related businesses located in Orleans Parish and was one of the main reasons that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast together were in the lead to host the U.S. Olympic Sailing Trials in 2007 (New Orleans has since dropped out for obvious reasons), would you support the development of a Sailing Center which could be used to house the UNO and Tulane sailing teams, provide sailing courses open to the general public, and further provide avenues for New Orleans to host many more of these prestigious national and international sporting events? Would this be something that you would be willing to champion?
Jay Batt - I am proud to say that I have served as a member for years (long before taking public office, and continuing to this day) of the Sugar Bowl Committee that sponsors the Annual Sugar Bowl Regatta. I have championed and participated in such efforts in the past and will continue to do so.
Sonia Gupta - Promoting the sport of Sailing even more would do wonders for the city as a whole. I would absolutely support the creation of a Sailing Centers, but only if it was open to the public and sponsored publicly-oriented opportunities like sailing classes. I would also support allotting a portion of the city's advertising budget to promoting such events. The protection of the sport and its national and international events hosted in New Orleans cannot be anything but positive for the city. However, this kind of enterprise will take long-term planning and may only come to fruition once our more immediate concerns have been addressed.
Ray Landeche - New Orleans and Louisiana are blessed with great natural resources and when properly developed, we should lead the nation in many more categories. Your teamwork has built something, which should make us all proud. I will happily join your team and will champion your cause.
David Nowak - I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about how the roads are so bad, we could never hope of having a formula one race down here. This competitive sailing, now I think you may be on to something there. I as councilman would champion any avenues from which New Orleans could stay in the national and international spotlight. The city still has a long road ahead, and it must focus on developing as many sectors of commerce as possible. A sailing center would also encourage restaurants and other ancillary businesses to put the effort into rebuilding. Sure, I'll champion it!
Stephen Saussy - Absolutely, being a boating enthusiast, fisherman, and growing up around Pass Christian Yacht Club and on the Lake I could only support creating a world class sailing center.
Candidates Shelly Stephenson Midura, Sal Palmisano & Tom Wagner did not provide an answer to this question.
Jay Batt - I am proud to say that I have served as a member for years (long before taking public office, and continuing to this day) of the Sugar Bowl Committee that sponsors the Annual Sugar Bowl Regatta. I have championed and participated in such efforts in the past and will continue to do so.
Sonia Gupta - Promoting the sport of Sailing even more would do wonders for the city as a whole. I would absolutely support the creation of a Sailing Centers, but only if it was open to the public and sponsored publicly-oriented opportunities like sailing classes. I would also support allotting a portion of the city's advertising budget to promoting such events. The protection of the sport and its national and international events hosted in New Orleans cannot be anything but positive for the city. However, this kind of enterprise will take long-term planning and may only come to fruition once our more immediate concerns have been addressed.
Ray Landeche - New Orleans and Louisiana are blessed with great natural resources and when properly developed, we should lead the nation in many more categories. Your teamwork has built something, which should make us all proud. I will happily join your team and will champion your cause.
David Nowak - I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about how the roads are so bad, we could never hope of having a formula one race down here. This competitive sailing, now I think you may be on to something there. I as councilman would champion any avenues from which New Orleans could stay in the national and international spotlight. The city still has a long road ahead, and it must focus on developing as many sectors of commerce as possible. A sailing center would also encourage restaurants and other ancillary businesses to put the effort into rebuilding. Sure, I'll champion it!
Stephen Saussy - Absolutely, being a boating enthusiast, fisherman, and growing up around Pass Christian Yacht Club and on the Lake I could only support creating a world class sailing center.
Candidates Shelly Stephenson Midura, Sal Palmisano & Tom Wagner did not provide an answer to this question.
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