Pothole filling machines with names is a time honored tradition in New Orleans.

Pothole filling machines with names is a time honored tradition in New Orleans.

As you may recall, New Orleans' Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Infrastructure Ramsey “Minister of Resiliency” Green recently told the City Council that while he wasn’t entirely sure what his job entailed because the regulations which he’s in charge of enforcing were written well before the release of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” he could offer the council members the exciting chance to name the new pothole filling machines the city is buying.

Of course, it seems unfair that only council members would get a chance to name these chariots of pavement. Plus they’re politicians, so their public answers will undoubtedly be boring. So we here at Gambit asked you, our gentle and thoughtful readers, to suggest some names.

And boy, did y’all come through, submitting scores of really excellent names. Our crack team of Pothole Filling Machine Monkeys has since narrowed down the choices to 15 of the best submissions!

So get to voting, kids! The authors of the five with the most votes — one for each of the council’s districts — will win a sweet prize pack, featuring a pawtographed photo of Laser Beam Buddy!

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