[Cicero]

"I'd like to have another solution for the citizens ... but I don't know what else we can do at this point," Ray Nagin told a news conference.

Translation: "With the whole city in shambles, I'm hardly getting any bribes or kickbacks. The phantom police have vanished, and the numbers racket is doing very badly. What else can I do to maintain my accustomed life style and feed my drug habit?"

[angkor]

How about Amsterdam-style "coffee shops" and legalized bordellos?

Anything for a buck, Ray.