Representative candidate James Perry has racked up more than 100 traffic tickets
by Frank Donze - Times-Picayune (excerpt)

Legislative candidate and mayoral also-ran James Perry has piled up more than 100 traffic violations over the past four years, including some for driving without insurance, a valid drivers license or no license at all that resulted in arrests in 2003 and 2008, public records show. Documentation of the infractions, including 90 parking tickets, was provided Monday to The Times-Picayune by former television news anchor Helena Moreno, Perry's opponent in a May 29 runoff for the 93rd District state House seat. The records also show that Perry has been cited for contempt of court on 14 occasions for failure to pay his fines on time. Perry, a fair-housing activist, has a law degree but is not a practicing attorney. Moreno made it clear Monday that she intends to use the information to question Perry's fitness to serve in the Legislature, issuing a statement alleging that her opponent "has demonstrated a complete disregard and disrespect for the law." Greg Buisson, Moreno's spokesman, said her campaign will send that message to voters in a mailer and a television spot scheduled to begin airing Wednesday. More than 70 percent of Perry's 132 traffic citations cited by Moreno were issued since 2006.