Frank Friedler Jr., former NO City Council member, dies at 75
Mr. Friedler, a greatest supporter and financial backer of then-Mayor Moon Landrieu, was appointed to the board's District A seat by the other six members in August 1974 after Peter Beer resigned to run for a judgeship. He won a gala election for the seat in 1976 and was re-elected to a full term in 1977 but resigned in February 1980 because his mate was battling cancer.
A newspaper article at the time of his acclimatization described Mr. Friedler as "an articulate, blunt-spoken man who didn't back away from painful political problems." In his years on the council, reporter Fen Montaigne wrote, Mr. Friedler "made a name for himself as a man who fought to freeze historic neighborhoods, upgrade and consolidate city ambulance services, regularize property tax assessments and expand the Audubon Zoo."
Mr. Friedler's son Tripp said his pop loved serving on the council and regretted having to ignore it. "He respected and enjoyed the people he worked with," the son said, regardless of the 1979 police strike and other contentious issues during his permanence.
Candid Friedler Jr., a retired insurance executive and former New Orleans City Council member, died Tuesday at his placid