Cheron Brylski has been called the best press secretary a campaign could have by the Times Picayune and WYES-TV's Informed Sources television show. A former reporter, she served as Press Secretary/Speechwriter to the late Mayor Ernest N. Morial, City of New Orleans and Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu when she held the State Treasurer's Office. Ms. Brylski has a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelors in Political Science/Journalism from Loyola University of the South.
The Brylski Company, founded in 1986, is a women-owned business whose sole proprietor is Cheron Brylski. The company specializes in public relations and marketing campaigns for government, non-profit and political clients in the State of Louisiana. The company also has the distinction of running more women for public office in Louisiana than any other firm of its type. To date, the Brylski Company has handled more than 130 campaigns in Louisiana.
The papers document her work in the Morial administration as well as several subsequent political campaigns that she directed. Those campaigns include Morial's 1986 run for the District D seat on the City Council, Donald Mintz's 1989 run for the Mayor's Office, Ken Carter's 1993 run for Mayor, and David Shroyer's 2000 candidacy for the Orleans Parish School Board. Also included are a number of reports and other documents collected by Brylski during the course of her career. A preliminary inventory of the papers follows.
INVENTORY
| Papers relating to the administration of Mayor Ernest N. Morial, 1981-1986
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| Folder Title |
Date |
Comments |
Box |
Folder |
| Almonaster-Michoud Industrial District |
1981-1988 |
Also includes proposal by Brylski & Willard for the AMID public relations contract. |
2 |
9 |
| Arts Policy Review |
1986 |
|
2 |
5 |
| Board of Liquidation, City Debt |
1985 |
|
3 |
1 |
| Budget Issues |
1982-1989 |
|
2 |
3 |
| Budget Issues |
1982-1994 |
|
2 |
2 |
| Budget Issues/Bond Issues |
1982-1985 |
|
2 |
4 |
| City Welfare Department Annual Meeting |
1983 |
Includes a copy of Richard A. Fusco's keynote address, "Creative Responses to the New Depression." |
3 |
14 |
| Crime |
1982-1993 |
|
1 |
21 |
| Crime Prevention |
1981-1984 |
|
2 |
22 |
| Housing |
1981 |
|
3 |
13 |
| International Trade |
1984 |
|
1 |
9 |
| Minority Business Enterprise Plan |
1982-1985 |
|
1 |
13 |
| Morial Campaign for City Council, District D |
1986 |
Includes campaign finance reports |
1 |
2 |
| Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization |
1981 |
|
2 |
12 |
| New Orleans International Airport |
1982-1997 |
Includes public opinion polls |
1 |
3 |
| Parking |
1982-1985 |
Includes copy of the On-Street Parking Program Evaluation Report submitted to the Streets Department, Parking Division by Brophy and Associates, Inc., May 1, 1985 |
2 |
17 |
| Small Business Topics and Federal Aid Programs |
1983-1984 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Union Passenger Terminal |
1982 |
|
1 |
10 |
| Papers relating to the mayoral candidacy of Donald Mintz, 1989
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| Folder Title |
Date |
Comments |
Box |
Folder |
| Connick (Harry) "If I were Mayor" Speech |
1989 |
|
2 |
19 |
| Drugs |
1989 |
|
3 |
6 |
| Elderly |
1989 |
|
3 |
18 |
| Elderly and Disabled Issues |
1989-1990 |
|
1 |
15 |
| Environment |
1989 |
|
3 |
4 |
| Ethical Reform |
1989 |
|
3 |
3 |
| Gay/Lesbian Affairs |
1988-1989 |
|
3 |
8 |
| Housing in New Orleans |
1987/09 |
Report by the Louisiana Urban Technical Assistance Center, School of Urban & Regional Studies, University of New Orleans |
3 |
11 |
| Job Training Partnership Act |
1989-1990 |
|
1 |
18 |
| Lesbian/Gay Issues |
1989-1990 |
|
1 |
16 |
| Minority Business Enterprise Plan |
1988-1989 |
|
2 |
11 |
| Neighborhood Council |
1989-1990 |
|
2 |
13 |
| New Orleans Housing Crisis |
1989 |
Report by the League of Women Voters of New Orleans, May 1989 |
3 |
10 |
| Parking |
1989 |
|
2 |
16 |
| Patronage |
1989 |
|
2 |
18 |
| Port of New Orleans |
1983-1989 |
|
1 |
1 |
| Westbank Issues |
1989-1990 |
|
1 |
11 |
| Papers relating to the mayoral candidacy of Ken Carter, 1993
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| Folder Title |
Date |
Comments |
Box |
Folder |
| Candidate Questionnaires, Neighborhood Network and Preservation Resource Center |
1994 |
|
1 |
5 |
| Casino |
1993 |
|
3 |
2 |
| Critical Issue Advisory Group--Health |
1993 |
|
3 |
9 |
| Critical Issue Advisory Group--Homeless |
1993 |
|
3 |
12 |
| Economic Impact of Higher Education in New Orleans |
1993 |
Report by Timothy P. Ryan, University of New Orleans, March 1993 |
3 |
17 |
| Environment |
1993 |
|
3 |
5 |
| Gay/Lesbian Affairs |
1993 |
|
3 |
7 |
| Housing |
1993-1994 |
|
1 |
14 |
| Housing Strategy |
1993 |
Also includes apparently unrelated material |
3 |
16 |
| Leadership 94 Position Papers |
1994 |
|
1 |
8 |
| Library |
1993 |
|
1 |
19 |
| Light Rail |
1993 |
|
1 |
20 |
| Miscellaneous Position Papers, Reports, Etc. |
1993 |
|
3 |
21 |
| NORD |
1993 |
|
2 |
14 |
| Parkway and Park Commission |
1993 |
|
2 |
15 |
| Police Pay |
1993 |
|
2 |
20 |
| Police/Crime |
1993 |
|
2 |
21 |
| Tourism |
1993 |
Includes Tourism Mayoral Forum information. |
1 |
7 |
| Papers relating to other candidates/officials
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| Folder Title |
Date |
Comments |
Box |
Folder |
| Johnson, Justice Bernette J. |
1997 |
Re: "Chisom law." Includes photographs. |
2 |
1 |
| Shroyer (David) Campaign for School Board, District 3 |
2000 |
Includes photographs of announcement event. |
1 |
4 |
| Miscellaneous papers
|
| Folder Title |
Date |
Comments |
Box |
Folder |
| Abortion |
1989-1990 |
Includes public opinion poll data. |
2 |
7 |
| AIDS |
1991 |
|
2 |
8 |
| Demographic and Socio-Economic Data, Selected Geographic Areas |
1993/10 |
"Source Year 1990" |
2 |
10 |
| Human Services Task Force, Final Report & Recommendations |
1989 |
Report to the Secretary, Department of Human Services and to the 1989 Louisiana Legislature |
1 |
17 |
| MetroVision Interview Candidates, Business |
1990 |
|
1 |
12 |
| MetroVision Task Force Materials |
1990 |
|
3 |
20 |
| New Orleans Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Planning Committee Program |
1988 |
|
2 |
6 |
| Opportunity for Development |
undated |
Presented by the Earhart-Tulane Corridor Association |
3 |
19 |
| Proposal to Establish a Music Park in Armstrong Park |
undated |
By Concerned Citizens for Economic Development in Armstrong Park. |
2 |
7 |
| Vision for the Future…A Plan to Get It Done |
1990? |
Report by the MetroVision Partnership |
3 |
15 |
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