10-Year Term on Graft Charges for C. Ray Nagin,

10 Jul 2014 08:10 #1 by Blazer Bob
www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/us/ray-nagin-...eans-mayor.html?_r=0

"NEW ORLEANS — C. Ray Nagin, the former New Orleans mayor, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison on corruption charges, a remarkable fall from grace for a man who came to office pledging to root out cronyism.

The sentence by Judge Helen Berrigan of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana was less than the recommended range, around 15 to 20 years.

Judge Berrigan quickly dispensed with the many technicalities of federal sentencing guidelines. She balanced the mayor’s ill-gotten gains against the profits of other defendants in the schemes, reprimanded him for letting the city down after Hurricane Katrina, and noted approvingly that he remained a loyal husband of 32 years and a devoted father to his three children."...

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10 Jul 2014 08:26 #2 by FredHayek
Talk about slow justice. They say DC naturally corrupts people, probably even harder to stay pure in the Crescent City.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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10 Jul 2014 10:10 #3 by OmniScience
Awww...That sucks. So much for 'Chocolate' New Orleans.

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10 Jul 2014 14:29 #4 by Grady
Pretty sure it's some how GW's fault.

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11 Jul 2014 22:01 #5 by pineinthegrass

Grady wrote: Pretty sure it's some how GW's fault.


Well, none of this would of happened if Bush hadn't blown up the levees.

But at least Nagin did a great job in keeping the school buses all lined up nice and pretty after the evacuation warnings and the damage.



But it's "unclear", though pretty clear...

en.wikinews.org/wiki/Controversy_over_wh...ollow_hurricane_plan

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