That's quite a distinction for him. :)
I've heard that. I was actually talking about Blanco's decisions more than Nagin's. I am told by those who ought to know that the NOPD is the most corrupt big city police dept in the country. I'm sure it is a huge contributor to rats throughout LA. If the graft and protection schemes are made impossible by the presence of troops that answer to the DoD rather than Blanco during recovery, how much does that cost the LA rats? I'm thinking a lot of money. And that's just the police.
I still suspect that removing incriminating stuff was the real reason Blanco delayed the feds by several days.
Your contention borne out by two refugees now residing with us ... and they are Republicans. However, Ray Nagin is reportedly not really bright in that he has absolutely no head for organization and administration, and has been fighting a losing battle with substance abuse. He has also, although he may well be less corrupt than his predecessors, surrounded himself with a cast of Amos'n'Andy type characters who would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.
Doggone it, let's be charitable. Maybe they're "Porgy and Bess" characters.
I believe you are correct, and that is why of all the Dems involved in this, he's the one considered most "expendable" by the DNC, and the other Dem movers and shakers. The fact that he endorsed both Jindal for governor, and Bush for President only add more fuel to the effort...
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