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Mayor C. Ray Nagin and City Councilmembers New Orleans City Hall 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, I am writing to express my concerns about the Mayor's newly proposed executive order that will effectively remove the public's voice from the awarding of professional service contracts. The City Council's actions two weeks ago ensured that the contracting process would be open and transparent and that the public could be informed about how their dollars are being used. Meetings would have been publicly noticed, citizens would have been able to view and participate and minutes of all meetings would have been kept. Sadly, despite the Mayor's stated intentions to achieve openness and transparency, his current actions contradict his words and negatively affect a citizen base which desperately seeks to have input. Mayor Nagin, I strongly urge you to reconsider your plans to suspend the committees overseeing contract awards through a public process and your plans to instead give yourself sole authority to evaluate these contracts. Sincerely,

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