| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Recall results are in: They're here. The office tasked with tallying up the signatures on the boxes and boxes of petitions to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell is finished counting and delivered the count to Gov. John Bel Edwards this morning, Matt Sledge reports. Did they hit their magic number of 44,976 signatures? On a recall-related note, Tony McAuley caught up with the New Orleans business leader behind the recall campaign’s money. Take a number: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The state Office of Motor Vehicles is taking some heat from state lawmakers. The gripe? Customer service, of course, Will Sentell reports. Rolled: You’ve probably noticed the streams of toilet paper draped from trees, power lines and light poles after a parade has passed. Doug MacCash writes that some of that paper remains along the St. Charles Avenue parade route, swaying in the wind, weeks after we bid adieu to Mardi Gras 2023. Pels hanging on: Clinging to fading playoff hopes, our Pels have another big game tonight against a very beatable San Antonio Spurs team. The Pelicans might need another big game from big man Jonas Valanciunas to keep that fire burning, beat writer Christian Clark tells us. For more Pelicans coverage, please sign up for our Pelicans Insider newsletter. Thanks for reading Lunch Line. If you're not a NOLA.com subscriber, check out this great deal. Bob | 