From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial carries a briefcase labeled "Joint ventures to benefit all." A paper sticking out of the case is labeled “Regional transit." Morial is standing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter sits on the equestrian statue in Jackson Square. He is sitting behind Andrew Jackson and is holding his hat in a similar way. Behind him is St. Louis Cathedral.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, Ron Faucheux, and Bill Jefferson, dressed in running clothes, are racing through New Orleans. They are at a corner next to a brick building, and the city skyline can be...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three men are riding in a bus which is labeled "Unity" at the front and "Regional transit authority" on the side. The men are labeled "Tammany...Jeff...Orleans." The man labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon shows a storefront building with a large glass show window topped by an awning that reads, "Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund." The glass window has the letters,...
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. Two men are in the foreground of the cartoon, each with stern expressions and pointing their fingers to the sky overhead. One man is labeled "Sanitation Dept." and the other...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "City Admn. Officer Heier" is pointing toward an apparently naked man standing on a low display stand wearing a sandwich sign labeled, "City's financial...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men sit facing each other, talking, on brick steps (stoops? rooftops?). The New Orleans skyline with the Superdome can be seen in the background, along with the moon. One of...
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 large man is carried on a stretcher from an ambulance to “Baton Rouge emergency entrance” of a hospital by three ambulance attendants. One of the attendants holds an IV...
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. 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. 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. A tour group stands by their bus in front of an open building labeled "Warehouse." A tour guide gestures toward the Liberty Monument, which is being stored there. Behind the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is holding a huge trophy cup labeled, "Sugar Bowl Week." From the top of it can be seen a football labeled, "Sugar Bowl Classic" and several papers that read,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled Chehardy is using a pointer to indicate areas of a poster showing weather patterns. The top of the poster reads, "Jefferson's assessment climate," and the weather...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two right arms extend into the cartoon space from the right, each holding a hand magnifier. One is labeled, "Police," and the other is labeled, "IRS." In the background of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is driving a car toward a large intersection on the Earth. The man is labeled, "N.O. property owner voters," and the car is labeled, "$20 million bond election tomorrow,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man who is labeled, "Warmth of compassion for others" on the arm of his coat also wears a large round pin on his coat front with a check mark and the words, "fair share...