when i saw those buses sitting there in the water i was shocked. whoever left them there to sit in water ought to have to pay for the repairs etc. common sense says save the people & move whatever you can save to higher ground. that way you have something left to use & not have to replace ...therefore there is more money for other things. everyone knew this storm was coming. where i live we move our boats out into the bay, move anything we can thats in low areas that flood. its called common sense. so i think blanco & nagin need to pay to fix the buses etc that they were neglective in moving right out of their own pockets.
They were thoroughly incompetent. I'll never forget Ray Nagin saying, after he claimed to have sent a lot of cops to Las Vegas for R & R: "Get over it, this is a party town."
I really think what was going on is that he knew there were a lot of "ghost" cops on the force collecting salaries, and he was trying to cover up.
Correct me, anyone, if there were really NOLA cops in Vegas. Either way, it was N.O. tax dollars at work.