Gunn: Mayor Ned Randolph No Longer Supportive of Delores Brewer’s Campaign
From the article in the Town Talk:
“I couldn’t be a part of that,” Mayor Randolph said, referring to an Oct. 12 news conference Brewer gave where she slammed contingency contracts the city has with outside lawyers and a consulting company. The city-Cleco dispute has been a major campaign issue between Brewer, a Republican, and her Democratic rival, Jacques Roy.
The rift between the Randolphs and Brewer comes after decades of close, personal ties: Delores Brewer grew up down the road from Ned Randolph in Colfax; Brewer’s husband, John Brewer, and Ned Randolph have been friends for 50 years; and Ned Randolph is godfather to the Brewers’ son, Morgan.
CenLamar 
I am glad that Ned Randolph has made his position public. He may not have outright endorsed Roy, but he sure gave Brewer what she was due. Congratulations, Ned. You stood up to her. And I wouldn’t worry about loosing Brewer’s friendship. It appears all you have lost is a bloodsucking leach…………..
With friends like Delores, who needs enemas?
I went to high school with both Ned and John Brewer. They have been close friends beginning in that time. I was so sad to know that John and Delores would kill that friendship with things so dirty, so backstabbing, so underhanded that it boggles the mind. It’s more than “politics as usual”……………it’s worse. The bad taste that will be left in people’s mouths is not going to go away easily after the election is over. With Ned’s health problems, this is the time that lifelong friends are needed more than ever. What a total asshole she must be! I’m glad Deborah Randolph spoke out in defence of their family and her husband. Good for her. What a sense of betrayal of trust the Randolphs must have.
People should be asking about the blood sucking attorneys, not Ms. Brewer. Seems like she is the only one concerned about making sure the people of Alexandria are treated fairly. The City Council and the Mayor should never have entered into such one sided contracts. I hope the attorneys are investigated for outlandish fees. If CLECO over charge us, then the money should go back to the people who pay the utility bills, not to some attorneys and their whistleblowers.
“If CLECO over charge us, then the money should go back to the people who pay the utility bills, not to some attorneys and their whistleblowers.”
How can you possibly be this clueless? The Cleco connection has be discussed ad nauseam in the TT, CenLamar, and during the last two public “debates”. I can only hope you are a desperate DB supporter and not just desperately uninformed.
If it was not for the attorneys and the whisleblowers, there would be NO money from Cleco.Did you ever hear that CLECO decided on its own that they ripped off Alexandria customers and they wanted to return the money?How in the world do you not think the attys and whisleblowers should not be compensated? Do you work for free?
“Do you work for free?”
No, she gets paid in doughnuts at Headquarters.
1 donut hole per poll call
1 cinnamon twist per stamp on back of negative ad mailer
1 bear claw per stolen ROY signs
The ones with sprinkles are reserved for the two-namers.
Who do you think will get all the “cleco money” ? Delores makes it sound like all the ratepayers will get a big check and help the little guy. don’t you realize that if there is a refund, it will be based on usage. most of the “millions” will go to walmart and the school board, rapides general, etc.
Did everyone forget that it has yet to be determined if Cleco owes the City of Alexandria anything yet??
There is no question that it will be determined by the Court or auditor that Cleco owes the City money, the only question is how much?
Well now..brings come questions to mind
Does Delores shop at Lane Bryant for Plus Sizes ?
Does Delores sing ?
What was Dandy Don’s favorite tune ?
Answer: “Turn out the lights, the party’s over”
Really! Cleco is a non-issue. If it was a mistake it was Randolphs and Brewers mistake. If the contracts are invalid it is Randolphs and Brewers fault. If the city made a bad deal, Brewer and Randolph made the bad deal. Roy really doesn’t figure into this debate.
Brewer’s promise to give rate payors some $$ is bogus for at least 4 reasons: nobody knows who owes what to whom; there are legal committments that the parties must honor; Brewer will never be in the position to make that decision; and Brewer feels absolutely no compunction to honor her promises.
Without casting stones at eiher Roy, for being an attorney, or Brewer, for having been with the Randolph administration, who in their right mind would promise 50% of 12 million to anyone? (That was the initial deal with EMS.)Then the attorneys from Baton Rouge wanted their “Share,”, and Bridget Brown wanted her “Share.” And, weren’t there some other attorneys appointed by the City Council, and weren’t they also supposed to get a share. Pretty soon the consultant (EMS) and the attorneys ended up with your share and my share, and the citizens ended up with a very little share, be they Wal-Mart or John Doe. The City Council, not Randolph, not Brewer, and not Roy, should be responsible for dividing up the pie so much.
While I imagine you consider yourself charitable for not “throwing stones at Roy for being an attorney” you are obviously missing the entirely obvious point that if somebody made a bad deal on the Cleco case, it had to be the mayor with the consent and ratification of the council. Roy had absolutely nothing to do with deciding and enacting and executing the terms of the EMS contract. If you are unhappy with the terms of the city agreement(s) with the various parties and lawyers, you have only the mayor and the council to blame.
You should also realize that it is brought to your attention through deliberate lies and misrepresentations of the Brewer campaign. So when you throw stones, be it at the mayor and council for enacting the contracts or Brewer for lying to you about the contracts, you have no gripe with Roy. Please get that much straight in your mind.
Did the City Council vote unanimously on the contracts? Did any of them question the amounts to be given to the consultants and/or attorneys? Just how did Bridget Brown get involved, and does she know anything about utilities and how they bill their clients? How were the attorenys in Baton Rouge selected? Was there another Alexandria attorney invovled? Can someone please help me with these questions? This seems like a big mess that someone, be it the council, mayor, or someone in the mayor’s adiministration should have caught and questioned. No doubt that Roy had no part in approving the contracts or hiring the attorneys. His involvement was for his client, Mr. Sansing, who was being sued by Cleco.
To the blogger who is using Ethma Odom’s name: please stop. This lady was well respected and loved in our community for years and is now incapable of speaking up for herself. You are cruel to do what you are doing.
Wa-de-taw!