Political career
A Republican,Batt served as the only member of his party on the New Orleans City Council,from 2002 to 2006,having represented District A.
District A runs from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain just below the Jefferson Parish line in New Orleans. It includes some of the most affluent sections of town,and some the most seriously damaged by the Levee failures of 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. The severe breach of the 17th Street Canal in the West End and Lakeview neighborhoods which was responsible for much of the flooding of the city is in District A. The largest section of District A to escape severe flooding was Carrollton.
Batt is currently serving as Deputy Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee as well as Chairman of the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee. He was also elected Chairman of the Orleans Parish Board of Supervisors of Elections in 2012 (an organization in which he had been a member since 2008). Other boards and commission seats held by Batt are as follows:Board Member of the Planning and Technical Committee of the New Orleans Planning Commission from 2008-2010,President of the Sugar Bowl Committee from 2013-2014,Crimestoppers Trustee from 2004 to present,Board Member for Beacon of Hope from 2006 to present,and Board Member of the Delgado Foundation from 2006 to present
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