Below is a listing of some of the successes for our district since State Representative Austin Badon started serving our community in Baton Rouge. For more information on these and other developments, visit the District Correspondence page.

• Representative Badon chosen as the 2007 Legislator of the Year by the Alliance for Good Government.

Legislative Update:

• Representative Badon had the large mast lights fixed at the intersection of I-10 and Paris Road
  
  
• Representative Austin Badon Jr. and other members of the Orleans delegation brought home over $2.5 billion dollars in projects and infrastructure improvements from the 2007 Legislative Session.
  
  
• In four years, our Representative Badon has perfect attendance at every Regular and Special session since being inducted in 2004.
  
  
• Our Representative authored and passed the Constitutional Amendment, his first,to consolidate the seven Orleans assessor offices into one office beginning in 2010, thus saving New Orleans millions of dollars in wasted revenue.
  
  
• Our Representative has been at the forefront with demanding the Louisiana Department of Transportation to fulfill all of their responsibilities to New Orleans.
  
  
• Our Representative had the Department of Transportation to clean up the drainage ditch at I-10 eastbound between Dwyer and Morisson, to fix the signage at Bullard, to remove unsightly foliage between Chef Menteur and Dwyer and to have the guardrails fixed at the top of the Highrise.
  
  
• Our Representative had the signal light fixed at Bullard and the I-10 service road.
  
  
• Our Representative organized and conducted a New Orleans East clean-up of the illegal signage posted at intersections.
  
  
• Our Representative has been at the forefront of demanding that the Almonaster/ Michoud illegal dumpsites be cleaned-up.
  
  
• Representative Badon has requested that the Federal Government install fencing along I-10 within the Bayou Savauge Wildlife Refuge.
  
  
• Representative Badon has given out thousands of Green Ash trees to New Orleans East residents.
  
  
• Representative Badon has had the pothole fixed at Read and Andover.
  
  
• Our Representative has been a strong supporter of the redevelopment of the Plaza Shopping Center.
  
  
• Our Representative has been actively involved with the New Orleans Hornets to bring a new gymnasium to Sarah Reed High School.
  
  
• Our Representative has been the driving force behind construction of a Fountain to be located at Read and Lake Forest Blvd.
  
  
• Again, Representative Badon has led the way to put more State Police on Eastern New Orleans highways.
  
  
• Representative Badon has also worked to have the Orleans Levee Police work to make safer our Eastern New Orleans neighborhoods.
  
  
• Representative Badon has been very adamant about getting Joe Brown Park repaired and open.
  
  
• Representative Badon has had numerous houses gutted, debris removed, street lights fixed, road signs repaired and damaged cars removed.
  
  

• Motorist Assistance Program - State Representative Austin Badon worked to secure a state contract for the Department of Transportation and Development's Motorist Assistance Program. The program will help by providing gas, changing flat tires, filling radiators, or providing the use of a cellular phone for stranded motorists on I-10 between Bullard Avenue and the Superdome exit.
  
  

• Representative Badon would like to thank Levee Board Police Chief Richard Lewis and his officers for granting our Representative’s request that they patrol the Lake Forest Plaza during the 2004 Christmas season. “People really felt a sense of security as they shopped in the Plaza because of the presence of added officers from the Levee Board Police Department”, Representative Badon said.

• Fulfilled Campaign Promise - State Representative Austin Badon Jr. had a 100% attendance record during the 2004 Legislative Session. You can’t get any better than that! He was there every day doing work for District 100, just like he said he would be.

• Representative Badon had the vacant lot at Curran Blvd. between Sandy Cove and Sandpiper cleared and cleaned, thus allowing the use of valuable right of way in the street.
  
  
• Representative Badon had both sides of Morrison Road between Read and Gannon re-striped and had new high-resolution Two-Way Traffic Arrow signs installed.
  
  
• Representative Badon gave out dozens of eggs to needy residents of Nazareth Inn and Forest Towers during the Easter season of 2004.
  
  
• Representative Badon had a shelter placed above the Bus Stop on Lake Forest Blvd. which is frequently used by the residents of Forest Towers Senior Citizens Apartment complex.
  
  

• Fulfilled Campaign Promise - Our Representative pledged to maintain an open line of communication and he has done just that. Representative Badon has held quarterly townhall meetings and he has also delivered on his promise to have quarterly newsletters disseminated through the New Orleans East World Magazine.
  
  
• Free Gun Locks - Starting September 27, 2004, State Representative Austin Badon, Jr. is giving away a total of 300 gun locks to the public. The easy-to-install gun locks could be used on many types of firearms, including revolvers, semi-automatic handguns, shotguns, and rifles.
  
  
• Helping our Neighbors in Florida - Representative Austin Badon and several members of the New Orleans East hotel industry announced that New Orleans East hotel rooms would be available to Florida residents at discounted rates during hurricanes. Also, guests will be allowed to bring their pets into the hotels.
  
  
• Fulfilled Campaign Promise - Based upon his request, Representative Austin Badon has received documentation that the Louisiana State Police and the Department of Weights and Standards will conduct patrols from the High-Rise to the I-10 Twin Spans.
  

• Representative Badon received approval from the RTA that a shelter will be installed above the bus stand on Haynes, which mostly serves the residents of Nazareth Inn.
  
  
• Representative Badon received authorization from the RTA, that senior citizens may ride free of charge from Nazareth Inn to the Intersection of Haynes and Paris, thus allowing them to get out of the elements while awaiting bus service towards Downman.
  
  
• Representative Austin Badon received word from Eastover that the property on Bullard overlooking the golf course will be beautified since he had the problem bus stop moved to better serve the students of Fannie C. Williams Middle School.
  
  
• Representative Austin Badon conducted the first quarterly Town Hall meeting in February, 2004 at the Read Library and scheduled the next quarterly Town Hall meeting - July 10, 2004 at 6:30pm.
  
  
• Representative Badon requested that the Sewerage and Water Board install barricades on their drainage canals to prevent unauthorized entry to the criminal elements that have been burglarizing homes and vehicles along these canals in the Lake Bullard, Louis Prima and Lake Forest Estates subdivisions.
  
  

• Fulfilled Campaign Promise - District 100 Representative Austin Badon established a partnership with the Orleans Criminal Sheriff's Department to beautify I-10. Based upon this partnership, the fence line between the service road and I-10 from Read to Bullard on the Plaza side has been cleared. Work has begun on the fence line between Bullard and 5-10 in front of IHOP.

• Representative Badon scheduled a series of seminars to address some of our community needs; for example, Domestic Violence, How to Make your Home and Neighborhood Safe and Youth Gang Violence and Parental Intervention.
  
  
• Representative Austin Badon introduced 7 bills to improve the overall quality of life for citizens in New Orleans.
  
  
• Representative Badon helped to orchestrate a luncheon and tour of the Sears building with the chancellors of Nunez and Delgado community colleges and the vice chancellor of technical colleges, with hopes of developing that property.
  
  
• Representative Badon had illegal cars removed from Bullard and Fernley and had a car removed from the Morrisson Road Canal.
  
  
• Representative Badon had lots cleaned up on Bass and Curran in Little Woods and on Curran and Reindeer.