Our people also deserve to feel safe on the streets and in their homes
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the city is getting its house in order, so that our citizens can come home to a safer, smarter, stronger city."
The Times Picayune reports:
Days after the police chief said he believed his department was bringing murders under control in New Orleans, the city logged at least five killings in 14 hours.
Nagin seems committed to retaining his Police Chief, who resists acknowledging stark reality so well I suspect the Bush Administration will soon begin recruiting him for higher office.
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Back in May, "Law and Order" Couhig Conservatives decided that re-electing Nagin was the best strategy for New Orleans, rather than electing a dreaded Landrieu who promised to hold a nationwide search for a new police chief. No, you see, Mitch had funny hair, and wore makeup and was related to his father. So Couhig Conservatives decided to retain leaders who think that the current crime rate is not only acceptable, but improving.
I viewed last summer's mayoral election as instructive and analyzed it repeatedly. Yet, many told me to "get over it" and "move on". Then, six months later, many conservatives banded with other voters to "strategically" re-elect Bill "Cold Cash" Jefferson, who will soon be indicted and may not resign from Congress until he is formally convicted!!
It's amazing how, in recent elections, the allegedly pro-business Couhig Conservatives have bent over backwards looking for rationales to support "leaders" who are widely regarded as either 1) corrupt or 2) ineffective against rising crime.
And what's worse for business than Corruption and Crime? Tell me, please. What was it about Mitch Landrieu and Karen Carter that was worse for business than the re-election of Ineffective Nagin and Corrupt Jefferson? Again, I need to know.
How many Conservatives still believe that re-electing Nagin was the right choice? How's that electoral "strategery" working for ya now?
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