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Charles Edward Karst, known as Ed Karst (September 18, 1931〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Karst in the U.S. Public Records Index )〕 – July 17, 1992), was an attorney and politician remembered for his controversial tenure as the mayor (1969–1973) of Alexandria, the seat of Rapides parish and the largest city in central Louisiana. In 1991, Karst launched a bizarre "No Party" gubernatorial campaign in which he threatened if elected to fire the members of the Louisiana Supreme Court or, if defeated, as he was, to kill the justices, who had upheld his disbarment. At times, Karst was a member of both the Democratic and the Republican parties, but he ran for governor with the "No Party" label, as permitted in Louisiana. The New Orleans-born Karst was the son of Charles Karst, Jr. (1890–1981). He was educated in the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He then attended Tulane University, and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. He relocated to Alexandria to practice law during the 1960s. ==Karst and Snyder== In 1969, Karst emerged as a sharp-tongued candidate for mayor after it became clear that the scandal-plagued 16-year incumbent, W. George Bowdon, Jr., might not win a fifth consecutive term. Bowdon's father had been mayor from 1941 to 1945; Bowdon had won the position in 1953 to succeed Carl B. Close. In the April 5 Democratic primary, Karst led with 4,093 votes (36 percent) to John K. Snyder's 3,128 (27.5 percent). Snyder, an admirer of the late Governor Earl Kemp Long, considered himself a "populist". The third place candidate, John B. Honeycutt (1911–1998), who had earlier run unsuccessfully for Rapides Parish sheriff, received 2,021 votes (17.8 percent). Bowdon trailed in fourth place with 1,784 votes (15.7 percent). Three other candidates polled a total of 359 votes (3.2 percent). In the mayoral runoff election held on May 17, 1969, Karst prevailed, 6,016 (53.7 percent) to Snyder's 5,188 (46.3 percent). With Karst's victory, Governor John McKeithen cancelled the general election scheduled for June because only Democrats had filed for the Alexandria municipal offices. Karst soon found himself at odds with his two fellow Democratic council members under the commission form of municipal government, Streets and Parks Commissioner O'Hearn L. Mathews (1923–1975), a former city marshal, and Carroll E. Lanier, an electrician who won the now nonexistent post of finance and utilities commissioner. Mathews and Lanier had upset Commissioners William Henry "Bill" Lambdin, Sr. (1894–1980), and Leroy Wilson (1905–1978), respectively, both caught up in the anti-incumbent tide. Wilson's nephew, George I. Wilson (1935–1983), was the manager of the city utilities office and remained in place after the change of administration. Ray R. Allen remained as city secretary-treasurer under the Karst administration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ray Allen, former city of Alexandria finance director, dies at age of 89 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Karst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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