Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Surprise, Surprise.

The Sec. of State's office is the assignment of the day for me, huh. No problem handling the duties of potential candidates during the Qualifying Period doesn't provide for many fireworks. That is unless some charismatic lawmaker decides to grace us with his or her presence. Or an unknown figure emerges and wants to draw attention from business as usual.
Remember her. That's right it's former TV news anchor Helena Moreno. In an earlier post I told of how she left her former life of deadlines, story telling, and lack of lunch breaks to pursue other ventures. It looks like that new venture is in the world of politics and she made it official.
She has now thrown her hat into the race for the 2nd LA Congressional District, which includes some of New Orleans. That is the seat currently occupied by Congressman William Jefferson, who currently is entrenched in a lot of legal matters. He's going to have to deal with her as well as two others who have also qualified in what looks like the race everyone is going to follow this year.
No major fireworks today. But it's only the first day of Qualifying, did you know?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Senator,

I recall fondly the days of qualifying at the grand State Capitol, and not at the spartan office on Essen Lane.

It was always good to see then-Secretary of State Fox McKeithen greet the prominent politicians when they came to plunk down their cold hard cash to qualify to run for elected office.

And it was also satisfying to sample the food that Fox so thoughtfully put out for everyone who was coming by (including the media). I had my fill, did you know?

Senator Drewry