not a contry club, but it's hardly "hard time". He'll be out in 10 months.
Posted on 07/09/2014 8:27:38 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
NEW ORLEANS — C. Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans who was convicted in February on corruption charges, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday in federal court in New Orleans.
Mr. Nagin was found guilty in February on 20 counts, most relating to kickbacks from contractors looking for city work. The sentence was imposed by Judge Ginger Berrigan of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Mr. Nagin, a Democrat, was arrested in January 2013, nearly three years after he left office. He was charged with taking kickbacks in the form of cash, cross-country trips or help with the family-run granite countertop company; the bribes were handed out by men looking for city business ranging from software supplies to sidewalk repair. Many of the schemes, though not all, took place after Hurricane Katrina, when contractors crowded into the city for rebuilding work.
Many of those involved eventually pleaded guilty and testified at length against Mr. Nagin at his trial. Photo
C. Ray Nagin in January.Credit Gerald Herbert/Associated Press The corruption had been so thoroughly covered in the local news media that few people were surprised by the verdicts. Mr. Nagin had come into office in 2002 as a reformer from the business world and a foe of cronyism. But the city grew frustrated with his stewardship, particularly in his second term when the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina stalled and Mr. Nagin seemed unengaged. By the time he left office in 2010, many in New Orleans had moved past frustration and were simply ready to see him go.
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There will be no bus available to take him there and it will be Bush’s fault.
And the Obama’s comes out of that cesspool of Chicago/Illinois politics clean as a virgin’s honeypot....
Nagin’s only mistake was not kicking his kickbacks up higher to his political overlords.
Greedy little prick.
I guess he’ll be hiding behind the chocolate bars.
I am surprised. Democrat is in the article, quite close to the top of it.
I know. I was hoping he would go to Federal “Pound Me In The A**” prison.
He was the Mayor of New Orleans during Katrina. His negligence and incompetence were legendary.
But the MSM covered it up. They just blamed Bush.
Chocolate paradise for Ray—it’s what he always wanted.
that will be his job when he’s released. Bus driver in NO.
Anyone know what became of Blanco?
Typical DIMocRAT.
Cue up “Tied to the Whipping Post,” on the turntable...
You don’t understand Katrina. Katrina was a panic-driven power grab by government at every level, appalled by its collapse and desperate to shore up the myth of its mission.
not a contry club, but it's hardly "hard time". He'll be out in 10 months.
gee. who saw this coming ?
I was hoping to be “in before the homosexual rape jokes”, but can see I was way too slow.
The “Chocolate City” is nothing but Corruption. Typical Chocolates.
not a contry club, but it’s hardly “hard time”. He’ll be out in 10 months.
The Feds have the resources to keep their prisoners locked up for the full term.
Former NOAH head Stacey Jackson to plead guilty Wednesday ( July 05, 2014 )
CITY HALL EMPLOYEE IS ACCUSED OF TAKING KICKBACKS FOR BLIGHT REMOVAL POST KATRINA
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