"Ron Forman" is the head of the Audubon Nature Institute and was one of the leading candidates in the New Orleans mayoral election, 2006.

A past president of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Ron Forman began his tenure with Audubon Park and Zoological Garden in 1972 as City Hall liaison. Made Deputy Director in 1973 and Executive Director in 1977, the major transformation of Audubon Zoo from an "urban ghetto" to an "urban Eden" was underway.

During the 80's, the Audubon Nature Institute, Inc. evolved from the Friends of the Zoo organization and assumed operation of Audubon Park and Zoo. Plans were made, with overwhelming voter support, for a downtown park and aquarium. Woldenberg Riverfront Park opened in 1989 and was followed in 1990 by the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.

The Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center on the West Bank of the Mississippi River opened late in 1993. An important component of it, the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species, opened in 1996.

The Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, located in Eastern New Orleans, merged into the family of Audubon facilities in 1994. The Nature Center, devastated by Hurricane Katrina, operates the programs at the Audubon Wilderness Park located adjacent to the Species Survival Center.

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I cannot lie to you and tell you every single service in every single neighborhood is going to come back immediately.

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It's hard to go door to door in a neighborhood where no one's in it. It's hard to ring a doorbell if no one's there. It's hard to make a phone call when no one's answering the phone.

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The leadership we have, I'm not pleased with.

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It's been a 3-man race from the beginning. The word on the street is the people want change. They want to do it differently.

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We need clear leadership. We need someone who can put a team together and lead us through our crisis.

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Mitch Landrieu has the experience to implement a plan, to manage a plan and to rebuild our city.

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The mayor did the best he could. It's a very tough situation.

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We believe we're gonna be in a runoff for mayor of New Orleans. It's been a 3-man race from the beginning.

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What we saw was the poverty come out because we haven't had good leadership for 20 years.

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