Is the NO Mayor an Idiot???
 

Is the NO Mayor an Idiot???

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 - A day after two police suicides and the abrupt resignations or desertions of up to 200 police officers, defiant city officials on Sunday began offering five-day vacations - and even trips to Las Vegas - to the police, firefighters and city emergency workers and their families.

The idea of paid vacations was raised by both Mayor C. Ray Nagin and senior police officials who said that their forces were exhausted and traumatized and that the arrival of the National Guard had made way for the officers to be relieved.

"I'm very concerned about individuals who have been here, particularly since the first few days, and have been through a lot of hardship," Mr. Nagin said in an interview.

He said most of the police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers "are starting to show signs of very, very serious stress, and this is a way to give them time to reunite with their families."

Mr. Nagin, who has been demanding more federal assistance for days as his city struggled with despair, death and flooding, said he had asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the trips but the agency said it could not. He said the city, therefore, would pay the costs.

He said he believed there were now enough National Guard members in the city to allow the police to take a break and still keep the city secure, and he brushed off questions about whether such a trip might look like a dereliction of duty.

"I'll take the heat on that," Mr. Nagin said. "We want to cater to them."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05vegas.html?ei=5090&en=cc54b8b6ae100f44&ex=128357 2800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

The NO mayor headed up COx cable in NO.....and turned record profits for them prior to becoming a reform mayor.....

SvK

Wait....I think the mayor is an idiot...but the gov is a babe! Why can't I get two votes?

...Yeah.... right.

Yep, the current disaster's stellar response by the Mayor proves your apologia...His incompetence is demonstrable by his hysterical expletive filled finger pointing...He is a fraud as is the whole of the Democrat party.

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:D Mul . . you do know how to keep it entertaining.

it is set up for multi-select. (if you have not voted yet)

Well, I guess he should go back to running a monopoly cable outfit then, and leave life-and-death matters to someone with a clue...

Haha, almost spit soup out when I saw the banner. :D

I thought the Police were there to Protect and Serve, silly me. They have a job to do, but as the Walmart video shows, they are looting too. What other city can you loot and the mayor give you a free trip to Vegas. The NYPD didn't take a break, and what they were up against wasn't a cake walk. As corrupt as the NOPD is, it would cleanse it, and the real leaders would step up to the plate.

I think the local leaders folded. Some leaders are, and some just got lucky and have a job. I doubt Daley would have folded like that. I doubt CPD would give up either. Is there a "nose to the grindstone" cultural difference at work? NO= Marti Gras Vs. Chicago=city of big shoulders. Just wondering if anyone else has some similar thoughts?

Does a bear ***** in the woods?

Oh that's good, let's send the NO cops to Las Vegas with the plasma TVs they stole last week. Good plan!!!

Here's the line I was trying to remember, "Is the atomic weight of cobalt 58.9?"

how bout a pic of the hot LA mayer and the hotter gov? BTW - anybody catch the last name of the Mayor of Biloxi?

Emotional bs is being used big time. The big Dem pol's are smart enough to keep their mouths shut so far. The low level Dem's are catering to their voters. Many disaster area pol's are scared $-hitless, or better said, full of S___. Mass-media is profit driven and going with population discontent soap opera bs. What bs is thrown around today may bite them tomorrow. It'll be interesting to see how the facts of the hurricane disaster are inspected, dissected, and used in next year's election.

Meanwhile the N.O. PD are 1st responders period, no excuses, no bs, and that's the responsibility that they swore to uphold.

I think him and the LA governor should be charged with negligent homocide at this point.

AFJ

I would add, "corrupt, incompetent and grandstanding" idiot.

I want to know what happened tp that hot babe that was waving an SOS flag from the roof. She didn't get much airtime but made for welcome visual relief.

NY Times

"After stopping for drinks at a bar, a N.O. bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting to Texas had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital in Texas, telling the staff that the patients! were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days."