New Orleans City Council candidate Eugene Green wants out of a lease with a city agency after learning that the arrangement would violate the law if he were elected. He planned to open a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop in the 900 block of Decatur Street, a block away from Cafe Du Monde. The property is owned by the French Market Corporation, the city agency that oversees the French Market and a handful of other city-owned properties in the French Quarter. The French Market Corporation’s real estate committee approved the lease in July, and it was signed in October. In the meantime, Green announced that he would challenge Stacy Head for an at-large seat on the City Council. “I was awarded an opportunity to open an ice cream parlor, but then I became a candidate for council,” Green said in a phone interview. “I expect to win.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:59:55 +0000
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