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After Hébert left the post, Lanier named as the replacement Anthony S. "Tony" D'Angelo (1917-2012), an Alexandria native, 30-year veteran of the United States Navy, and the former manager of the Rapides Parish Coliseum.<ref>Obituary of Anthony D'Angelo, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 22, 2012.</ref>
After Hébert left the post, Lanier named as the replacement Anthony S. "Tony" D'Angelo (1917-2012), an Alexandria native, 30-year veteran of the United States Navy, and the former manager of the Rapides Parish Coliseum.<ref>Obituary of Anthony D'Angelo, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 22, 2012.</ref>
Lanier pleased the business community through his attempt to move the city forward economically. He hired [[Ray R. Allen]], the secretary-treasurer since 1963 who had been dismissed by Snyder in the waning days of that administration, as the new finance director under the mayor-council government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100407/NEWS01/100407042/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Ray+Allen++former+city+of+Alexandria+finance+director++dies+at+age+of+89|title=Ray Allen, former city of Alexandria finance director, dies at age of 89|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|date=April 7, 2010}}</ref>
Lanier pleased the business community through his attempt to move the city forward economically. He hired [[Ray R. Allen]], the secretary-treasurer since 1963 who had been dismissed by Snyder in the waning days of that administration, as the new finance director under the mayor-council government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100407/NEWS01/100407042/-1/NEWSFRONT2/Ray+Allen++former+city+of+Alexandria+finance+director++dies+at+age+of+89|title=Ray Allen, former city of Alexandria finance director, dies at age of 89|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=April 7, 2010}}</ref>
Mayor Lanier oversaw the construction of the downtown Alexander Fulton Minipark, named for [[Alexander Fulton]], the founder of Alexandria. He secured federal grant money that resulted in the establishment of the Alexander Fulton Inn, which includes downtown convention facilities.<ref name=lanier>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20121205/NEWS01/212050317/Former-Alexandria-Mayor-Carroll-Lanier-dies-86?|author=Cynthia D. Jardon|title=Former Alexandria Mayor Carroll Lanier dies at 86|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref>
Mayor Lanier oversaw the construction of the downtown Alexander Fulton Minipark, named for [[Alexander Fulton]], the founder of Alexandria. He secured federal grant money that resulted in the establishment of the Alexander Fulton Inn, which includes downtown convention facilities.<ref name=lanier>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20121205/NEWS01/212050317/Former-Alexandria-Mayor-Carroll-Lanier-dies-86?|author=Cynthia D. Jardon|title=Former Alexandria Mayor Carroll Lanier dies at 86|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref>