Rosalind Magee Peychaud (born 1948) is a Democratic former

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District 91 (which she represented from 2002 to 2004). In 2009 Peychaud became deputy

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for

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Joseph Cao, a Republican who represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. She served in his

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district office.

Background

Peychaud was born Rosalind Magee in Monticello, Mississippi, in 1948. Her father was James H. Magee Sr. (died 2002 September 18), a deacon in Monticello's Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Her mother was Marion Magee. Rosalind Magee Peychaud has two sisters (Catherine Magee Thompson and Regina Magee Hudson) and a brother (James H. Magee Jr.). Peychaud holds a B.A. degree in educational psychology from Jackson State University and a master's degree in social work from

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NDF and other involvements

Peychaud is also the executive director of the

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''Neighborhood Development Foundation'' (NDF), in which role she has also been involved in the Affordable Housing Advisory Authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. She is a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission, the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee (NCDC) of the City of New Orleans, and the

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Oversight Authority (CCCOA). NDF was established in 1986 and also had offices in

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. A distinct focus of NDF in New Orleans is the area now known as the Hoffman Triangle. On 2009 June 20 when NCDC made a decision with respect to two houses owned by Cao, Peychaud for ethical reasons recused herself from the vote.

Hoffman Triangle

Peychaud coined the term "Hoffman Triangle" during her service in the Louisiana House of Representatives. She based the term on the name of the John W. Hoffman Elementary School at the corner of South Prieur Street and Third Street, within the Hoffman Triangle. The Hoffman Triangle was, in Peychaud's own words, an area of intense "trash, drugs, and blight" in the inner city of New Orleans. Conditions there naturally worsened during and after

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in 2005. Conditions in the Hoffman Triangle continued to concern Peychaud when she served on 2008 March 7–8 as a panelist for the Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth.

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Peychaud is identified with the reform faction of the

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and repeatedly opposed

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and the Progressive Democrats. In a district which had been represented by Jefferson protégée

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, Peychaud won the seat over

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(one of William J. Jefferson's daughters) in a special election on 2002 May 4 and subsequently lost it to her in the

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of 2003 November 15. Peychaud supported

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against William J. Jefferson in the 2006 Democratic

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for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. When Jefferson won the Democratic primary again in 2008, Peychaud joined with a number of other prominent Democrats in supporting Republican Cao, who ousted Jefferson in the 2008

. Longstanding antagonism has characterized the relationship between the Jeffersons and Peychaud"Jefferson Family Values"
on the Adrastos web site, 2007 October 17 (accessed 2009 June 18).—a situation which has repeatedly aligned Peychaud not only with Karen Carter Peterson but also with James Carter (no relation to Karen Carter Peterson),

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, Stacy Head, and

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Personal life

Rosalind Magee Peychaud is married to Joseph Ernest Peychaud, a descendant of Antoine Amédée Peychaud, originator of Peychaud's Bitters. Rosalind Peychaud, a Baptist, is a virtual

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References

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