| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
HAND-WRINGING: City Council members voiced doubts about Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s plan to tackle New Orleans’ grave crime problem, at a raucous 6½-hour meeting that saw constituents trading advice and insults, sometimes prompting law enforcement officers to intervene. Separately, the mother of one murder victim decried the city’s violent culture and the treatment she has received from public officials. DINOSAUR HUNTER: There’s a new candidate for Louisiana governor in this fall’s election, a lawyer, former diplomat and rookie state representative who announced his bid in a video that took aim at politicians “who are stuck in the past” and depicted them as dinosaurs roaming the Capitol. HER HONOR: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell rebuffed questions about allegations in a divorce petition that she had an affair with a police officer on her security detail, describing those and other allegations around her relationship with officer Jeffrey Vappie as “false,” sexist and baseless. Thanks for starting your Thursday with Morning Headlines. Stay up to date with the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 