Election To City Council
Head was elected to the New Orleans City Council in 2006, defeating incumbent Renée Gill Pratt and becoming the first white person to represent District B in 31 years. Head's candidacy benefited from concerns about governmental effectiveness and efficiency in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, developers who had obviated the desires of neighborhood residents, and affinities between incumbent Gill Pratt and then-Congressman William J. Jefferson (D), already under investigation on a variety of felony charges. Bruce Nolan of the Times-Picayune has described as "intense, caffeinated personal" Head's approach to her work on the Council. New Orleans writer Nordette Adams (nomme de plume Vérité Parlant) has described Head as a "drama queen" (together with less-flattering designations).
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