After walkout, Johnson, Hedge-Morrell absent at joint committee meeting on property demolitions
 

City Councilmembers Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell were both absent from today's Joint Disaster and Recovery/Housing and Human Needs Committee meeting today.


The meeting, a presentation on property demolitions from members of Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, was the first since Johnson — who serves on both committees as a regular member — and Hedge-Morrell, who serves as an alternate on the Disaster and Recovery Committee — walked out in the middle of last week's regular meeting, leaving only four members — one short of a quorum — for the remainder.? [ Read more ]

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