Morial worked closely with the Chamber of Commerce to attract high-tech companies to New Orleans.

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"Today is a giant step forward, " said New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, president of the Conference of Mayors.

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Assume that crime keeps falling, that the economists are right in predicting another two years of growth, and Mr Morial's horizons may seem enviably unclouded.

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Three halls at the Morial Convention Center reopened on February 17.

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And let me begin by congratulating Marc Morial for his outstanding leadership, his great friendship. (Applause.) I want to thank the entire National Urban League on your centennial.

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But Mr Morial is too clever to be complacent.

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Last February, I was scheduled to see her and other civil rights leaders to discuss the pressing problems of unemployment -- Reverend Sharpton, Ben Jealous of the NAACP, Marc Morial of the National Urban League.

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Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

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Mr Morial, knowing that a tax on commuters has been ruled unconstitutional under state law, suggests a 1% rebate of Louisiana's income tax, of which half would go to the taxpayer's area of residence and half to his area of employment.

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