Nagin

Posted By: JAG on 2005-09-05
In Reply to: Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm - Dancin Shoes

I was wondering about them not providing buses etc to get people out that could not get out because of one reason or another. After all the Gov of LA said there was mandatory evacuation. If they could not get out they should have been provided transportation to get out. She is responsible too!

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Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm - Dancin Shoes
- Nagin of New Orleans, no hero - suzyd
- Nagin - JAG
- manual - msbeanctr
- I've recently heard a LOT about corruption in NO as well, - not from NO or LA
- Did your husband know that the plans the mayor of NO used - kle
- New Orleans - sienna
- Also, wondering if people trust him...sm - HomeMT
  - put yourself in his shoes - - msbeanctr
    - and he as mayor of that city had no responsibility at all? - Why have a mayor then?
- We have had to endure so many of their false alarms about warnings - I blame Homeland Security
- I'm not surprised that the media is trying to "spin" him into a hero - sm
  - If he let the tourists "buy their way out", my cousin and her friends, along with - - You have no clue
    - Maybe ALL the tourists didn't have access to the mayor - but believe me, the ones who got out paid him off
- they did use public transportation though as part of the evacuation but housed those sm - agree with typnfool
- Aftermath - KS
- chilling article - msbeanctr
  - Excellent article. Here's a link to another one. - kle
- he underestimated the damage it - would do
  - Maybe he's not qualified for the job? - nm
  - natural disaster - Just me
  - disaster - typnfool
    - Well said. - and so true. (nm)
  - I just don't understand how they underestimated this thing (sm) - FL Resident
    - That's the difference between (sm) - Lori
      - Did you know.... - kle
        Did you know (sm) - Lori
      - Thanks for the link. Interesting. Looks like they skipped a couple of steps. (nm) - FL Resident
    - The political people knew what could happen if a hurricane hit New Orleans. sm - just my 2 cent
      - Ray Nagin is the one who showed true compassion - abc
      - it IS the mayor's fault and it IS Kathleen Blanco's fault - it's their responsibility
      - No, you are wrong - lm
        where did the allocated money go? - abc
      - fema - msbeanctr

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Nagin of New Orleans, no hero
Not only did he not use school buses, and all public transportation to get his people out of the city, they did not even transport jail prisoners out of the city, they waited until the flood then opened the jails and let the prisoners out on the street. Nagin may run his mouth in public, but is no hero. He will blame anyone he can, other than himself, who is at the root of the problem. Even had the audacity to say, "because of their color". Get real. Who would have thought so may thousands of people would stay there and not evacuate? It was his job to see that people got out, and he FAILED miserably.

Listen to this sound file. Nagin
http://www.atypical.net/mm/nagin.mp3

If these people were part of Georgie's "Base---the haves and have mores" this wouldn't have happened. You can bet on it.

Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm

I just read below that a lot of you believe that Ray Nagin is a "hero" for speaking his mind, etc. My DH just told me this morning that he read the evacuation plans for New Orleans and what the city and its leaders (Nagin being the main leader) were supposed to do in the event of a hurricane, flood, etc. The manual stated that ALL public transportation was to be used to but the elderly, sick, poor, and those unable to get out to higher ground until the storm or catastrophe passed. He did not do that. He got on tv and told those to get out. No public transportation or school buses were used to get these people out.

I hate to judge, but I just cannot help but think that this guy is all talk and no action? I don't know, sure does sound like it to me. I too thought he was awesome, until my husband explained the evacuation procedures and how the city did nothing but warn of people to get out - and did not help them....

I know, sounds like the blame game and I am sorry if it sounds like I'm blaming. I just can't help but state this when now the facts are coming to light.

Ray Nagin is the one who showed true compassion
Tell it like it is..Thank you. So much ragging on the Mayor of New Orleans, please, point the finger where it belongs. This disaster could not have been taken care of by local govt alone. We needed the feds to step in. The president was on the TV two days before the hurricane warning it was gonna be a bad one. Well, if we all knew that, there should have been planes and ships already loaded up and ready to move down to the gulf the minute the storm abated. If anyone is showing true compassion, it is Rag Nagin. If you ask me, FEMA did not do it's job.