Has Mayor Nagin been held accountable?
142593
He will not be held accountable until the day his no good rear end is voted out of office.\n\nI was deployed to Louisiana for two months with the National Guard and had to listen to his imcompetent butt on a daily basis. He was no more equipped to deal with a crisis than he blames other people of being.\n\nIt is time to stop whining and blaming his troubles on others. Great leaders rise to the ocassion no matter what the circumstances are. Anyone out there think Nagin rose to anything???
671194
Yes.  It is corruption, if it is really happening.  You could report it to your assistant district attorney.  I say assistantt, d.a. because he or she no doubt has aspirations to becoming the big dog.  If anyone wants to make a name for themselves by taking down corrupt civil servants it would be an assistan district attorney.   Report it to them, or a local t.v. reporter.  The local news station no doubt has someone who specializes in ruining lives and reputations.  Have fun.
451480
My understanding is that it is part of an ongoing offensive against corruption in Illinois. Ryan isn't the only person caught up in it. Mayor Daley's former patronage chief faces trial shortly along with three colleagues. My understanding is that it isn't related to capital punishment.
145128
Here you go:\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-mayors-of-new-york-city
102381
I think that the mayor of Detroit is not an effective leader. Since he has been in office, Detroit gets more corrupt, more people leave the city, and what is worse is that the day before he got reelected, he was not expected to get re-elected on Election Day last year. I hope that whoever competes against Kilpatrick in 2009, the other candidate defeats Kilpatrick because as a former Detroiter who lived in the suburbs, I never approved of Kilpatrick because I feel that he doesn’t care about the residents in which he represents.
124658
The tide is going to start turning on this double-standard, but don't count on the media turning. Mayor Ray Nagin is an idiot.
568588
He's made mistakes, sure.  are those mistakes criminal, no, I don't think so.  Accountability...at this point, only history can hold him accountable.
612359
Hey, there's been worse guys voted back in.  Does anyone remember a certain mayor of D.C.  Busted for drugs, sent to jail, got out and was given his old job back.  The reason I heard was that he understood his constituency.
1096329
Why he was re-elected is beyond me.  NOLA will get what it paid for.\n\nI am going to be criticized as being insensitive, but here's my $0.02 anyway.\n\nHow dumb are you if you are waiting for the government to tell you to leave the area when there is a class 5 hurricane heading straight for your town that happens to be below sea level???  And how can you be surprised that a house built directly on the beach on stilts to prevent flooding gets destroyed in a bad storm.\n\nI blame the liberals for creating a "victims mentality" in this country.  No one is ever responsible for their actions, "They never told me to leave, its Bush's fault for not telling me to leave."  \n\nSermon over.  Sorry.  Had to vent it, feeling better now.
130810
Thanks for the special mention of me in the question.  Katrina wasnt bush's fault.  Last time I check he didnt have power over the weather.  If he does, I could have done without the snow last week.  I dont see anyone going on and on about the appointment of Robert Kennedy to attorney general.  Mistakes are made.  However one should also keep in mind that the Mayor and Governor were both Democrats and both failed to call in the national guard.  As for his "faith based" decisions, pehaps we give him our support because the majority of U.S. citizens believe in those decisions.  Most of us arent in favor of the abomination known as gay marriage and many oppose the systimatic murder of unborn children by claiming its a constitutional right.  All one needs to do is look at a map of the 2004 Presidental election and the fact that many states passed marriage laws and/or amendments in that election to see how the majority of us feel.
622225
the governor and mayor both admitted they waited to long to ask for help, the president says the director of fema didnt inform him how bad it really was, everyone has a different story as they are all going to take partial blame and place the rest elsewhere.\n\nbottom line is that no one was doing their job to the best of their abilities during that terrible occurence.
349935
Hmm..you mean the Honorable Mayor has no honor afterall?  Aren't both offices worthy of trustworthy, honorable types?  Or just professional beuracrats who are hired to only meet the bottom line?  Clinton definitely found the bottom line...but that's all in the past.\n\nI would vote for the best candidate, period.  I would hope that the candidate is a spiritually minded person aware of past faults enough to humble him/her in future actions.\n\nPresident Clinton will always be presidential in the minds of most who love him because he did the job so well with a flair and a countryboy air of sophistication and charm.  Though a liar he will always be.\n\nDo you want a liar as your mayor?  Can you be sure the one you have now is on the up and up.  Hey what could Bill hurt anyway?  His ticker is bout through and he's waaaaaay over the hill.
77048
Yes, he should resign, but don't worry... as soon as we have that election, his ass is grass.  Right now the election date may be April 22.  I intend to vote for anyone but him.  Word in the streets around New Orleans is he lost a majority of his votes with those statements he made.  Yeah, he's overworked and all, but he could at least pay attention to what he lets fall out of his mouth in public.
855297
sounds like hogwash to me.  He got elected, didn't he?
279579
Depending on the size of the city or town, you could go to the mayor's office to complain...But if Legal Aide said they cant do anything, then chances are your options are limited
11230
simply put ... no. because of the fact that he is not an american citizen by birth, he would have to get the congress to change the law.. which doesnt seem very plausible considering the ratings he is getting as mayor.
1074777
It's not entirely about politicians, though I agree that they do play a role. First of all, the majority of people affected by hurricane Katrina were poor and black. What is the race and economic status of most of the flood victims? Many of the people in New Orleans could not afford or didn't have opportunity to leave town. It is much easier to escape a flood than 100+ winds, flying debris, combined with flooding. I agree that Mayor Nagin should have done more to help people evacuate, but hindsight is always 20/20. I don't think he had any malacious plans, but he certainly didn't handle the situation properly. It is not a north vs. south thing so let's not make it about that. We are all citizens of the same country. Let's focus on helping those in need and not making controversy and comparisons where they are not needed.