JP Morrell Received IWO's Sole Endorsement for City Council At-Large, Div. 2
The members of the Independent Women’s Organization (IWO) voted Saturday to give JP Morrell the Democratic women's group's sole endorsement in the election for City Council At-Large, Div 2.
"I'm honored and ecstatic to have earned IWO's endorsement," said Morrell. "I've been proud to partner with IWO over the years as we passed historic laws to increase protections for the survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. We worked together to pass the constitutional amendment to require unanimous jury decisions in felony trials, undoing 135 years of a Jim Crow-era law in Louisiana. And together, we pushed numerous bills for Equal Pay for Women, Pay Transparency, preventing retaliation for seeking Equal Pay and the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)."
"With IWO's sole endorsement, we are one step closer to dramatic and sustainable change on the City Council – and to continuing our work to tackle the city's biggest challenges," he said.
IWO is the latest to join a growing list of supporters for Morrell, which includes over 200 womencommunity leaders and advocates; elected officials, including Sens. Regina Barrow and Joe Bouie and Reps. Aimee Adatto Freeman, Jason Hughes, and Former Rep. Patricia Smith; as well as progressive organizations, such as the AFL-CIO, UNITE HERE, Voters Organized to Educate (VOTE), the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and the Southeastern Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Building and Constructions Trades (NABTU).
Morrell has dedicated his career to public service, starting as a public defender right out of law school. Later, he served in the State Legislature, beginning in 2006 as a representative until the end of his final term as a senator in 2018. He will bring his know-how and determination to make city government responsive and accountable to the people it is supposed to serve.
Morrell's top priority will be reducing crime. To this day, he is the only candidate to release a detailed crime plan. He will leverage the power of the City to diversify the economy and provide modern career readiness programs. He will combat the affordable housing crisis by actually regulating Short Term Rentals (STR) and building more affordable homes (not just affordable units). Morrell will tackle infrastructure with the same out-of-the-box thinking that he applied as a State Legislator to achieve what others thought was impossible - like digging the state out of a $2 billion hole to finally fund our schools and hospitals.
Learn more about JP Morrell and his platform at jpmorrell.com.