THE DISCUSSION OF MAYORS OF NEW ORLEANS CONTINUES.

Sidney Barthelemy would succeed his rival Dutch Morial. Bathelemy had a varied background from an aspirant priest, a stevedore, involvement and employment in several positions, even head of the Department of Welfare under Landrieu. However, what is notable is his joining of COUP, Community Organization for Urban Politics. It was this organization's power that placed Barthelemy in the Mayor's office only after his nemisis Dutch Morial had been there first. Barthelemy may have been the first American of African ancestry to be in the senate since reconstruction, but Dutch Morial oudid him in mutliple ways. As a successor to Morial he place COUP supporters along with many other cronies in many positions in City Hall. Once again the major emphasis in the city began that of tourism and various tourist attractions, including the Aquarium. His major blunder was the granting of the Mayor's Scholarship to Tulane to his son, who attended Brother Martin (not his father's alma mater, St. Augustine). The last time I saw this man in public was when he was shopping for a Christmas tree. He looked like a lost child and frankly as mayor of this city he was lost also. The city's decline continued during his tenure as mayor. The city was lost by then but the total decline would still be in the future, the leadership of Marc Morial and his gang. Dutch had died before he could run for mayor against Barthlemey but one would have hoped that he had seen his wrongs and would come back to bring this city back to its feet. However, death had intervened and his son was and is no Ernest "Dutch" Morial.