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08.14.2009 9:04am EDT
(New Orleans) The idea of Brad Pitt running for New Orleans mayor has generated a lot of buzz around the city even though he isn’t eligible. It also generated some laughs for the actor in a Thursday television interview.
Many residents have been sporting “Brad Pitt for Mayor” T-shirts since mid-June, when a Tulane University professor and two brothers who own a New Orleans T-shirt shop joined forces to launch a quasi-campaign to convince Pitt to run. The actor founded the Make It Right organization in 2007 to build houses for low-income residents who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina.“He’s a family man, and you won’t have to worry about him being corrupt,” said Drew Cambre, 26, who works at a New Orleans pastry shop and has a “Brad Pitt for Mayor” sticker on his laptop computer. “Plus, he’ll help the movie industry here in New Orleans and keep a light on the city.”
Pitt said on NBC’s “Today” that he’s noticed the shirts but laughed off the idea of running.
“I don’t have a chance.”
He joked: “I’m running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform.”
Pitt is right about his chances, at least as far as the next mayoral election. He and his partner, Angelina Jolie, bought a French Quarter mansion in 2007. To be eligible, mayoral candidates must be residents of New Orleans for at least five years before the date of the election. The mayoral primary is Feb. 6, 2010.
So far more than a dozen homes have been built in the Lower 9th Ward through the Make It Right program and another eight are under construction.
Josh Harvey, 31, who sells the shirts at his Storyville T-shirt shop is donating $2 to the program for every shirt sold. The shirts retail for $20, and so far, more than $2,000 has gone to Make It Right, Harvey said.
It’s Pitt’s charity work that has some hopeful for his candidacy, even if it’s not this time around.
“He’s already doing so much good for our city, so why not?” said Stephanie Schneller, 29, who was in the shop buying Brad Pitt T-shirts for herself and a friend.
I like Brad Pitt more and more. Yeah, not really happy about him and his former wife, but I guess sometimes you fall for another person.
Why would Brad Pitt ever want to take the pay cut to be Mayor of New Orleans?
It is much easier, and makes more sense, for him to be to be a positive force for good and progress from his current vocation. Leave a “good thing” alone! Mr. Pitt…please continue being so supportive and philanthropic! THANK YOU!
lol, I want one of those shirts!
Hey! Even if it’s just a joke, it’s an excellent T-shirt marketing scheme if you ask me.
Um, Actually the “Make It Right” campaign is an idea taken from Mike Holmes, a Canadian contractor and star of Holmes on Homes.
Can I buy a shit online?
That rocks!
Good story all around, we don’t get enough of them.
jack, i don’t give one but mebbe you can buy 1 online, idk
Yes, Jack… you can buy online… I just did last week. It’s at: http://www.wearyourstory.com…Kevin
Brad pit for govener is intreasting just think how angelinia could redecorate the governers mansion. Though everytime he is asked he mentions all the right causes. If he could change just 100 peoples idea’s on gay marriage he would have achieved 100% more for us then obama! people like the idea because he’s not a politcian just makin preaty promises. He is a REAL MAN saying what he holds in his heart to be true & right!
I admire him his public stand for OUR RIGHTS could cost him $$ dearly yet without consideration for his carear he speaks FOR US! Thats a man of intigrety so naturaly we could never be lucky enough for him to run for any office!
Though it would be so intreasting having jolie as our 1st lady having her tour the would representing us.Well least I can daydream!