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The Root of Nagin's Failure
NO is a cesspool of government sponsored crime and corruption. The legacy of Clinton lives on in Nagin and the NOPD.
Let's take a break from the joy of Bush bashing to reveal the dirty little secret of New Orleans: Its local government deserves an F for its planning and response to Katrina. And one other thing: The New Orleans police force would be a joke if it weren't a disgrace.
It is a perennial contender for Murder Capital.......if New York had New Orleans' murder rate, we would have more than 4,200 murders a year.
That the New Orleans police are hardly the Finest was proven by a shocking report yesterday: Nearly a third of New Orleans cops - some 500 of the 1,600 - are now unaccounted for. The department says some quit, but it doesn't know where most of them are.
The top cop, Eddie Compass, has responded by offering all officers paid vacations to Las Vegas and Atlanta. Yes, that's right - he is pulling all cops off the street, even while bodies lie in the open. Never in New York.
Then there's Mayor Ray Nagin, a Democrat, who has blamed everybody but himself. Maybe he has forgotten his plans for dealing with Katrina........ "Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."
By all means, let's investigate what went wrong in New Orleans. Let's start in City Hall.
Why wasn't Nagin planning on using the municipal and school district buses pursuant to the 2000 evacuation plan and Orleans Parish School Board meeting of June 2005????
Maybe he was too busy cavorting with Blanco:
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Last edited by Penske_Account; 09-07-2005 at 09:03 PM..
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