New Orleans mayor, CAO ethics concerns amid bribery implications [Video]

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano are implicated in an indictment alleging they accepted valuable tickets, potentially violating state ethics laws, sources say. Neither are accused of a crime in the indictment. “If all of that is true, then yeah, it looks to be a violation of the state ethics code,” said Steven Procopio, president of the government watchdog agency PAR.Prosecutors allege former city inspector Randy Farrell accepted bribes to allow unlicensed electricians to work on hundreds of homes in New Orleans.Prosecutors also allege Farrell wanted a high ranking city employee suspicious of him , terminated.Sources tell WDSU that Farrell collaborated with his business partner, Fouad Zeton.According to the indictment, prosecutors allege in 2019, Farrell bought Mayor Cantrell Saints tickets, lunch at a steakhouse, and a new iPhone.”There’s certainly enough there to look at this and if I’ll say if someone receives tickets from a …