New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin: Murders Are Sad But "Keep The New Orleans Brand Out There"

[Rage for Order]

The main topic of this article relates to the intensifying crime wave in New Orleans. However, at the very end of the piece there's this:

But Peter Scharf, a criminologist with the University of New Orleans, said Katrina-based arguments are harder to make now that the city has had time to repair damage and received so much support.

"The hurricane theories, morphing of drug groups, or that the NOPD is in a trailer, really don't make sense," Scharf said. "You look at the leadership in this city to the leadership in cities that have been reasonably successful, and it's night and day."

Recently, Mayor Ray Nagin reignited complaints about his leadership when he said news of two killings, while sad, "keeps the New Orleans brand out there."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_crime


If I'm trying to "brand" my city, I don't think I'd go with the murder brand. He might want to hire a new marketing company if this is what they suggested.

[EFerrari]

1. Ray Nagin needs to get into a different line of work

because he's a cr@ppy public servant.

[RB TexLa]

2. Violence is part of our culture in Louisiana always has been

[proud2bamerican2]

3. Say Ray...

Hey Nagin, how's that chocolate brew coming along? Too bad for the people who have no choice but to suffer this fool as their mayor.