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Post by NotMyKid on Jul 9, 2014 15:19:13 GMT -6
 NEW ORLEANS — Former mayor Ray Nagin, the businessman-turned-politician who became the worldwide face of the city after Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday. Nagin, 58, was ordered to report to federal prison Sept. 8. Nagin, also ordered to pay restitution of $82,000, was found guilty Feb. 12 of fraud, bribery and related charges involving crimes that took place before and after Katrina devastated the city in August 2005. A jury convicted Nagin of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes — money, free vacation trips and truckloads of free granite for his family business — from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various hurricane recovery projects. The government also argued that Nagin spent years covering up his crimes and that his testimony during the two-week trial showed an "astounding unwillingness to accept any responsibility for his actions." www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/09/ray-nagin-new-orleans-mayor-sentencing/12397415/?AID=10709313&PID=6146964&SID=13a8wcgsy7fm1Bush's fault. |
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Jul 9, 2014 18:11:04 GMT -6
I blame W. If he hadn't bombed the levies, the mayor would have never needed to take all that swag.
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Post by NOTTHOR on Jul 9, 2014 18:16:01 GMT -6
This guy ain't crooked  |
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Post by Earl Slick on Jul 9, 2014 19:43:41 GMT -6
One word, Ray: plasix.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 10, 2014 8:13:49 GMT -6
Did the prosecution change the venue to a vanilla city?
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Post by thunderhawk on Jul 10, 2014 13:41:41 GMT -6
To be fair, it is Louisiana.
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Jul 10, 2014 13:53:59 GMT -6
I feel the same way chuck. The first time i was in the french quarter, i could not stop thinking, why have they not torn this dump down already?
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 10, 2014 13:54:27 GMT -6
I don't know why people think "new orleans" is so awesome and fun. It's one of the most disgusting shitholes I've ever seen, and I was there well before katrina bitch-slapped the region. Bad weather, filth, stench, decay, violent crime, and corruption. Yeah, that's a great destination city, let's go get knifed in the ribs for $50, big fun. Yeah, but... Dem titties tho  |
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on Jul 10, 2014 14:17:11 GMT -6
You are failing the ghey test today Erk.
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Post by NotMyKid on Jul 10, 2014 14:37:09 GMT -6
I don't know why people think "new orleans" is so awesome and fun. It's one of the most disgusting shitholes I've ever seen, and I was there well before katrina bitch-slapped the region. Bad weather, filth, stench, decay, violent crime, and corruption. Yeah, that's a great destination city, let's go get knifed in the ribs for $50, big fun.  |
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