By Deon Roberts, Online Editor
After going to Google this afternoon and doing a search for news stories about New Orleans, this headline came up under search results: “Brad Pitt: Mayor of New Orleans?”
Below it was this headline: “Brad Pitt to run for mayor?”
It seems UK publication The Mirror created a bit of a stir on the Internet when it ran a short story June 6 that said “The people of New Orleans want their most famous resident to stand as mayor.”
So who are the “people” The Mirror refers to?
The online story quotes one person, Thomas Bayer. “We need outside help getting the city fixed — Brad can get that done,” Bayer reportedly said.
I did some more digging online and found that there’s a Tulane professor named Thomas Bayer who is trying to drum up support to convince Pitt to run for mayor for the 2010 election. He lists 13 reasons why the actor should be mayor. Reason No. 13: “Stacy Head will be nice to the new mayor.”•
4 responses so far ↓
Jenn // Monday, June 15, 2009 at 7:15 pm |
Apparently this story popped up last year too- I saw a January 2008 post about Brad running for mayor online.
Scroobus // Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 8:31 am |
Has Pitt lived in NOLA long enough to run. Jim Bernazzani moved here in April ‘05, and is considered ineligible.
Todd // Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:27 pm |
Brad is in New Orleans more often than Ray Nagin.
Geoff // Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 2:27 am |
In order to run, Mr. Pitt would need to meet the following requirements:
New Orleans Home Rule
Charter Section 4-202
The mayor shall be a citizen of the United States by birth, a qualified elector of New Orleans, and
shall have been a resident of New Orleans for at least 5 years immediately preceding the
candidate’s election.
He moved here permanently in 2007 (according to my oh so extensive scouring of tabloids), so he would be ineligible. Which is a shame, because his candidacy is probably the only thing that could make politics in this city more absurd.