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==An extended term as mayor==
==An extended term as mayor==
In 1977, Lanier scored a political comeback, not for utilities commissioner, for that position had been abolished in the new city charter. Instead, he ran for mayor in a multi-candidate nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. He forced controversial Mayor [[John K. Snyder]] into a runoff contest, which called the [[general election]] in Louisiana.<ref name=lanier/> Eliminated in the primary were [[Champ Baker]], a planning and development official active in veterans' causes; Judith Ward-Steinman Karst, the then wife of former Mayor [[Ed Karst]], outgoing Finance and Utilities Commissioner Arnold Jack Rosenthal, and former state Representative[[Larry Parker (Louisiana politician)|Larry Parker]]. In the second round of balloting, Lanier topped Snyder, 8,420votes (68 percent) to 3,934 (32 percent). Upon taking office, Mayor Lanier removed eavesdropping devices that Snyder had installed throughout Alexandria City Hall. When Snyder refused to surrender his municipal car, Lanier had the payroll office withhold Snyder's final paycheck until the vehicle was returned to the city.<ref name=lanier/>
In 1977, Lanier scored a political comeback, not for utilities commissioner, for that position had been abolished in the new city charter. Instead, he ran for mayor in a multi-candidate nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. He forced controversial Mayor [[John K. Snyder]] into a runoff contest, which called the [[general election]] in Louisiana.<ref name=lanier/> Eliminated in the primary were [[Champ Baker]], a planning and development official active in veterans' causes; Judith Ward-Steinman Karst, the then wife of former Mayor [[Ed Karst]], outgoing Finance and Utilities Commissioner Arnold Jack Rosenthal, and former state Representativ [[Larry Parker (Louisiana politician)|Larry Parker]]. In the second round of balloting, Lanier topped Snyder, 8,420votes (68 percent) to 3,934 (32 percent). Upon taking office, Mayor Lanier removed eavesdropping devices that Snyder had installed throughout Alexandria City Hall. When Snyder refused to surrender his municipal car, Lanier had the payroll office withhold Snyder's final paycheck until the vehicle was returned to the city.<ref name=lanier/>
Lanier retained the outgoing Streets and Parks Commissioner [[Malcolm Hébert]], a registered mechanical [[engineer]], as the head of the new Department of Public Works under the city charter.
Lanier retained the outgoing Streets and Parks Commissioner [[Malcolm Hébert]], a registered mechanical [[engineer]], as the head of the new Department of Public Works under the city charter.