Elections are funny, particularly this one.
For the past year r so, Donald Trump has been racing across
the country repeatedly proclaiming that Hillary Clinton is a liar and has used
her positions in government to benefit herself personally and increase the
profits of her campaign contributors.
“Crooked Hillary” is Trump’s refrain.
For the past several years, I’ve told you two things
consistently: Ben Zahn and Mike Yenni were pathological liars who have used
their government positions to enrich themselves and their campaign
contributors.
I guess it’s really true – all politics are local.
Hillary lies on National TV and Zahn lies in direct mail
pieces (he wouldn’t dare go on TV and face a reporter’s question. Like Yenni,
Zahn hides behind written statements carefully crafted by the Minister of
Propaganda, Greg Buisson).
Zahn put out several direct mail pieces and could have
easily been charged with Mail Fraud.
In one, Zahn used fake renderings (just like Yenni did when
he was promoting his 2030 Scheme) of Williams Blvd. Titled, “A New Williams
Blvd Under Mayor Ben Zahn”, the piece was a complete fabrication. It would take
a MASSIVE REZONING effort and even more debt than Kenner could afford to make
Williams Blvd. as idyllic as Yenni and Zahn would like you to believe. There
are houses that were made into commercial offices up and down Williams along
with old strip centers and commercial blight. Ben Zahn doesn’t have the
experience, the knowledge or the ability to remake Williams Blvd.
And, stop showing us underground powerlines. Entergy isn’t
going to spend Tens of Millions of dollars unless there is another Katrina and
it is forced to.
The other day, I got another piece of Mail Fraud from Zahn.
In it, Zahn claimed to tell the former owner of The Esplanade Mall, Simon
Properties, to “Upgrade or Uproot.” Obviously, Zahn was not aware that the mall
was sold to new owners. In addition, the Mayor (and a JP Councilman like Zahn
currently is) can do little to force a private property owner to sell or invest
more in their property. While we all want an improved Esplanade, the City can
only assist the owners, work to recruit business (or, in Kenner’s case, trust
JEDCO to do it for us – which it doesn’t), and make Kenner more business friendly
(which it isn’t).
Did I mention that JEDCO and the Jefferson Convention &
Visitor’s Bureau, which also receives Kenner tax dollars, are both clients,
like Yenni and Zahn, of Buisson?
In addition, the thought of Ben Zahn issuing an ultimatum is
hysterical. Anyone that has ever met Zahn or heard him speak knows that he has
no backbone. If Zahn actually had a spine, he would have condemned Yenni for
him immoral sexting of a teenager. Instead, Zahn signed a wimpy letter seeking
Yenni’s resignation along with several of his other councilmen who all have
ties to Greg Buisson (and who probably wrote the letter and crafted it to not
be too hard on Mikey).
The similarities between Ben Zahn and our potential
Liar-In-Chief and our current (hopefully I won’t be saying that much longer)
Sexual Predator-In-Chief are striking.
Like Hillary,
a true Progressive Democrat, Zahn and Yenni are Republicans In Name Only
(RINOs). Zahn and Yenni are both Republicans simply to win elections, nothing
more. Yenni and Zahn are BIG GOVERNMENT, HIGH TAX and SPEND PROGRESSIVES
despite what the Jefferson Parish Republican Party and sham groups like the
Greater New Orleans Republicans (GNOR), who only pop their heads out of the
sand when it’s time to TELL YOU whom to vote for, would like you to believe.
Memo to the JP Republican Party: There are 3 R’s running for
Kenner Mayor and the only real Conservative running for Kenner Mayor is a
Democrat – Gregory Carroll. What does that tell you about your party’s values?
Like Hillary and
Yenni, Zahn earns more now as a JP Councilman than he ever has in his
life (discounting the money laundering he did with Aaron Broussard’s campaign
account). If Zahn is elected Kenner Mayor, and reelected in 2018 when the
Mayoral pay increase takes effect, Zahn and Yenni will both earn over $100,000
per year from their positions on the taxpayer doll.
Like Hillary and
Yenni, Zahn’s net worth has skyrocketed, not from his floral business,
but from his elected positions. Zahn has
done very well for himself in the PAY-TO-PLAY cesspool that is the world of
politics.
Like Hillary and
Yenni, Zahn has been coddled by the media. Even when he has blatantly
lied to The Times-Picayune, they still have endorsed him.
Like Yenni, Zahn
has spent TENS of Thousands of dollars in campaign money to finance his
lifestyle. Like Yenni, Zahn has paid for meals, gifts, gas, and even Slushies
for his kids from his campaign account (AKA other people’s money).
Like Yenni,
Zahn has awarded TENS of Millions in No-Bid Contracts to his campaign
contributors.
Like Yenni,
Zahn’s political mentor was Aaron Broussard.
Like Yenni,
Zahn has the same Campaign Manager, the Minister of Propoganda, Greg Buisson.
Like Yenni,
Zahn has many of the same campaign contributors and supporters.
Like Yenni,
Zahn supported the extension of the Crescent City Connection tolls.
When Yenni was Mayor of Kenner, Zahn supported Yenni’s plan
to Double Property Taxes.
When Yenni was Mayor of Kenner, Zahn supported Playground
closings which would have severely impacted the Hispanic and Black communities.
Did Yenni and Zahn think that limiting recreational access to our at risk youth
would reduce the crime rate?
Unlike Hillary and
Yenni, Zahn isn’t under FBI investigation…yet, but Zahn has been
investigated by other governmental entities for his questionable ethics and
judgement.
If you want big government in Kenner; if you want a
government that caters to the Elite and could care less if you’re an average
citizen that doesn’t write a check to a political candidate; if you’re FOR
HIGHER TAXES and a reduced quality of life; if you want a Mayor that uses other
people’s money to enrich himself and enhance his lifestyle; if you want another
Mayor with questionable ethics, vote for Ben Zahn.
So, if Ben Zahn is elected Mayor of Kenner, will he be the
Next Hillary or Yenni or Both?
After Aaron Broussard, Mike Yenni, and a year of the
ethically challenged “Acting Mayor” Mike Sigur, hopefully the voters of Kenner
can learn from their past mistakes and not promote Ben Zahn.
Obviously, the Jefferson Parish Republican Party hasn’t
learned from its past mistakes.
