COUNCIL PRESIDENT STACY HEADS PREPARED TEXT FOR CANTRELL ENDORSEMENT 11/27/2012 As you know, I had the honor

and pleasure of serving as the District B councilmember for over 6 years. During this time, I focused on initiatives that have greatly improved the quality of lives of the residents. These are the basics -- championing the growth of traditional commercial corridors and small business development and working aggressively to reduce blight. Focusing on these areas, as well as being responsive -- returning calls and emails for residents complainting of pot-holes, broken streetlights, and water leaks -- are the things that we need from a district councilmember. Because I have served this district for so long, it can be difficult to pass the torch to someone new so that I can focus my energies citywide. But I feel absolute confidence that Latoya is the right woman for the job. She will take our corridor revitalization successes on Freret, Claiborne and OC Haley, and recreate them throughout District B. I have seen this first hand with her work in Broadmoor. Look at the corner of Washington and Broad where Laurel Street Bakery and other small businesses are building. Latoya knows that a healthy community requires thoughtful development -- The Broadmoor commercial corridor is adjacent to the historic Rosa Keller Library and Wilson Charter School -- both of which I witnessed Latoya personally fight for for years. Bottom line, a healthy community requires a committed councilmember to encourage the good things and discourage the bad. And speaking of discouraging the bad, there is no one who tolerates blight or problem landlords less than Latoya. She has methodically identified and targeted these negatives in Broadmoor and taken every action possible to discourage them -- from pressing code enforcement to issues citations, to writing letters of warning to problem landlords. In sum, I have worked hand in hand, and shoulder to shoulder with this smart, hard working, and committed woman for seven years and I would be proud to serve with her, but I will be even more proud to call her my family's representative on the council.