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After writing last fall about the petition to force a referendum to remove New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell from office, I decided I wouldn't say more until the recall effort was a clear success — or a failure.

Nolatoya.org co-organizer Belden 'Noonie Man' Batiste, right, anxiously waits for one of the 10 boxes filled with Mayor LaToya Cantrell recall…

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Nolatoya.org co-organizer Belden 'Noonie Man' Batiste dances outside New Orleans City Hall after he and other volunteers delivered 10 boxes fi…

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Nolatoya.org co-organizer Belden 'Noonie Man' Batiste jumps out of a van as he and other volunteers deliver 10 boxes filled with Mayor LaToya …

Belden 'Noonie Man' Batiste, bottom center, and Annette Cranford Hamilton, left, a volunteer coordinator with nolatoya.org, present boxes fill…

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Nolatoya.org co-organizer Eileen Carter, center, smiles effusively as she and co-organizer Belden 'Noonie Man' Batiste and volunteer coordinat…