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===Municipal improvements==
===Municipal improvements===
When Randolph became mayor, Alexandria faced budget deficits and potential city employee layoffs. During the two decades that Randolph served as mayor, Alexandria landed a tank car plant, completed the Riverfront Center, opened a performing arts center, and improved its drainage system. In the 1990s, the city faced the closure of the former England Air Force Base and a police strike.
When Randolph became mayor, Alexandria faced budget deficits and potential city employee layoffs. During the two decades that Randolph served as mayor, Alexandria landed a tank car plant, completed the Riverfront Center, opened a performing arts center, and improved its drainage system. In the 1990s, the city faced the closure of the former England Air Force Base and a police strike.
Randolph said that his "worst day" in office came early in 2003, when two young police officers, David C. Ezernack and Jeremy E. "Jay" Carruth, were shot to death in the line of duty, a tragedy not that common in Alexandria at that time.<ref>''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 3, 2006.</ref>
Randolph said that his "worst day" in office came early in 2003, when two young police officers, David C. Ezernack and Jeremy E. "Jay" Carruth, were shot to death in the line of duty, a tragedy not that common in Alexandria at that time.<ref>''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 3, 2006.</ref>
Prior to his death in Alexandria at the age of seventy-four, Randolph practiced law and served as the Central Louisiana representative for the state Attorney General's Office. IRandolph had two children from his first marriage: Sanna Aimee Randolph (born 1970) and her husband, Robert Mathew Lapic of Mill Valley, [[California]], and [[journalist]] Edward G. "Ned" Randolph, III, (born 1971), formerly with ''The Baton Rouge Advocate" who resides with his wife, Dr. Jessica Shank Randolph, in [[San Diego]], California. Randolph is also the stepfather of Deborah's son, Matthew Alexander Dunn (born 1986) of Baton Rouge.<ref name=findagrave/>
Prior to his death in Alexandria at the age of seventy-four, Randolph practiced law and served as the Central Louisiana representative for the state Attorney General's Office. Randolph had two children from his first marriage: Sanna Aimee Randolph (born 1970) and her husband, Robert Mathew Lapic of Mill Valley, [[California]], and [[journalist]] Edward G. "Ned" Randolph, III, (born 1971), formerly with ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' who resides with his wife, Dr. Jessica Shank Randolph, in [[San Diego]], California. Randolph is also the stepfather of Deborah's son, Matthew Alexander Dunn (born 1986) of Baton Rouge.<ref name=findagrave/>
On February 2, 2008, Randolph and his former congressional rival, Richard Baker, were among several individuals inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield, north of Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=louisianapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
On February 2, 2008, Randolph and his former congressional rival, Richard Baker, were among several individuals inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield, north of Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=louisianapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=June 8, 2020}}</ref>