Email from the Mayor:

Dear Colleagues,

This Saturday, our New Orleans Saints take on the San Francisco 49ers in an NFC Divisional Round showdown. Our boys need all the support they can get. That’s why I’m declaring Friday, January 13th as “Black and Gold Day” in New Orleans. Show your Saints pride and wear your best black and gold to work on Friday.

It’s an exciting time for our team and our city, and in wearing Black and Gold, we can show the Saints organization that we are behind them as they travel to San Francisco in their march to another Super Bowl.

We have also engaged in a friendly wager with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on the outcome of Saturday’s game. Mayor Ed Lee said Monday he’s prepared to offer up Dungeness crab, sourdough bread, Anchor Steam beer, regional wine and San Francisco paraphernalia in the event of a 49ers loss to New Orleans. In return, we will offer fresh Louisiana seafood, a Sucre King Cake, New Orleans music, Abita Beer, Tabasco Sauce and other New Orleans goods.

The Saints are truly a source of pride for the ‘Who Dat Nation’ and we look forward to them beating the 49ers on the road to a second Super Bowl.

Who Dat!

Mayor Mitch Landrieu