The day after Michael Mauti’s dramatic blocked punt and recovery for a touchdown against Atlanta, Mandeville mayor Donald Villiere showed up at the home of Mauti’s parents to present the city’s favorite son a proclamation declaring “Michael Mauti Day” along with a key to the city.
Which leaves Keenan Lewis and Delvin Breaux, Mauti’s Saints teammates who also are locally born and bred, wondering, “Where’s ours?”
“He should have given us keys, too,” Lewis said. “Maybe he’s saving them.
“But I’m going to have to call that guy.”
Added Breaux, “I guess I didn’t get one, because I live in Covington.