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With the upcoming April 22nd election possibly being the most important election in the history of New Orleans, New Orleans Yacht Club has asked each of the eight candidates for the District A City Council Seat to participate in answering a questionaire regarding issues pertaining to the northern part of District A.

This exclusive interview specifically asks questions surrounding future West End condominium developments, relocation of a casino boat to West End, the marinas, Lakeview, City Park and small businesses located at West End, as well as a few general questions.

Feel free to make comments anywhere throughout the site, but please make sure that they are civil and productive. Unseemly remarks will be promptly removed and the commenter will be barred from the site.

New Orleans Yacht Club does not and will not endorse any candidate.

This questionaire and the candidates answers are meant to be an informational tool for our membership and neighbors who reside in District A.

New Orleans Yacht Club is committed to building an even greater New Orleans.

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Links for Each Candidate's Individual Answers:

• Jay Batt (R)
• Sonia Gupta (I)
• Ray Landeche (I)
• Shelly Stephenson Midura (D)
• David Nowak (I)
• Sal Palmisano (R)
• Stephen Saussy (I)
• Tom Wagner (R)

Links for the Specific Questions and the Responses from Each Candidate:

• Opening Statements
• Privitization of Orleans Parish Marinas
• Neutral Ground Maintenance in Lakeview
• Relocation of a Casino Boat to West End
• Condominium Tower Development at West End
• Public Lake Access in the Face of Development
• Maintaining the Pedestrian Nature of West End
• Redesign and Rebuilding of Municipal Harbor
• Public Sailing Center
• The "Point"
• Reclamation of Land From Lake Pontchartrain
• West End Restaurants
• The Historic Lighthouse
• Dredging of the Harbors & Marinas
• City Park Trailer Sites
• Bring New Orleans Back (BNOB) Commission's Report
• Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Plan



Interviewed for New Orleans Yacht Club by Troy Gilbert.