[Former New Orleans Mayor Marc] Morial's uncle pleads guilty to [Regional Transit Authority] theft

The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune ^ | May 25, 2006 | Michelle Krupa and Jeffrey Meitrodt

[Ebenezer]

Glenn Haydel, uncle of former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing $550,000 from the Regional Transit Authority, becoming the first member of Morial's inner circle to cooperate with the federal government's sprawling probe of city contracts awarded during his eight-year tenure.

Haydel, who received a lucrative contract to manage the RTA during Morial's two terms at City Hall, admitted in federal court to defrauding a federally financed program and agreed to return the money he illegally diverted. He also agreed to cooperate with the government in its ongoing probe of public corruption.

[Ebenezer]

I always wondered how quickly, after his second term ended in May 2002, Marc Morial left town to head the National Urban League.

[Kenton]

WHAT!!!! A corrupt black public official in New Orleans? I can't believe that! <sarcasm off