From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is dressed in shabby clothing with patches sewn on and a torn hat too small for his head. His patches are labeled, "City employee layoffs" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bulldog sits on a sidewalk before a brick wall that has two large signs. The dog is trying to turn his head back and forth to see the signs and is confused at the messages....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man drives a streetcar labeled, "N.O. transit" up a hill. The side of the streetcar says, "Temporary tax increase," and he follows an arrow pointing uphill that reads,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial and two men stand by the edge of a stream in a woodland setting, and they are watching the stream flow by. A sign nearby is labeled, "Cutback...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a desk with a "Regional Transit Authority" nameplate. He appears to be rolling up his shirt sleeves. Behind him on the wall is a large poster, the top half of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial sits at a desk and answers the phone, saying, "Office of the mayor--also the police department." Superintendent Morris listens in the doorway.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial is walking, wearing a sandwich-board that reads, "Re-elect Morial Mayor." The New Orleans skyline is in the background. The cartoon caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge pothole in a New Orleans city street is labeled "Needs." Other potholes are nearby, and the cityscape is in the background. A man with a hard hat is driving a dump truck...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Mayor Ernest Morial is carrying a a box labeled, "Revenue raisers suggestion box." He is about to enter a door labeled "City council." The cartoon caption reads, "When all else...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled, "City council" are shown. One is speaking to the other, who looks dejected. The man is saying, "We might buy NOPSI and part of LP&L...but we can't afford the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. City Hall in New Orleans is shown in the background with "City in crisis" above it. In the foreground is a voting booth with curtain open to reveal the voting machine inside....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sham prison guard is propped up in sitting position on a box in front of a prison cell door. The sham guard has a broom for a head and spine, has wooden limbs, and is dressed...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in colonial clothing labeled, "N.O." leans on the bar at the Blue Dollar Saloon, a drinking establishment. A large bottle labeled "Ol' fiscal crisis" stands on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A boat named, "Port of N.O. Louisiana U.S.A." is sinking. The bow is tilted up and the stern is under water. Five men on the deck are watching anxiously, and they are labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the New Orleans mayor's office, large In and Out boxes are on the desk. OUtgoing mayor Moon Landrieu sits in the Out box reading a paper labeled, "Things to do...The bottom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial and New Orleans city councilman Joseph V. DiRosa are dressed as train conductors. Candidates for mayor of New Orleans, they are arguing beside the tracks where...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A gangster-type man wearing a trench coat labeled "Crime issue" leans against a wall underneath a sign that reads, "Mayoral race." In the distance is the New Orleans skyline....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A police officer in uniform reclines on a hospital bed. His chart at the foot of the bed is labeled, "Blue flu." The doctor, carrying a handbag labeled with "M.D." talks to a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans chief administrative officer [?] Levy sits at his desk in the center of a giant "X." A sign nearby is labeled, " 'X' marks N.O.'s financial spot." A huge foot in a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the top of the cartoon is a stork carrying a sheet bulging with cars and trucks; the sheet is labeled, "Population explosion in vehicular traffic." Below the stork is a man...
