NEW ORLEANS MAYORAL CANDIDATE RON FORMAN PICKS UP ENDORSEMENT OF HARRY CONNICK SR.

Former longtime New Orleans district attorney Harry Connick Sr. (L) talks with reporters as Ron Forman, Audubon Institute CEO and candidate for mayor of New Orleans, looks on at the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse April 17, 2006. Connick was there to lend support to the Forman candidacy and endorse him. The Audubon Institute operates a family of educational and tourist attractions, including the city's zoo and aquarium. With the April 22 primary election less than a week away, Forman is one of three front-runners. Connick is the father of musician Harry Connick Jr. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)