Free Republic

I just got this from a friend. His brother works at the New Orleans Airport.

BATON ROUGE -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday he wants the governor to place more emphasis in the state budget on the city's recovery and would like to sell the Louis Armstrong International Airport to the state. In a wide-ranging address to the Baton Rouge Press Club, Nagin also said he would like to see the state's much-criticized Road Home rebuilding program reduce the role of its chief administrator, ICF Consulting Group Inc., to one of a data processor. The program should use banks to disburse the program's federal money for compensating homeowners with storm-damaged houses, he said....

Hardbeatnews, NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Tues. Jan. 24, 2006: The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office has turned up evidence it claims shows that TransCaribbean Airways, the Netherland Antilles-based air carrier, took over US$500,000 in state money for services it may not have provided. The state audit, released yesterday according to the Associated Press, claims that the airline received $519,308 for instruction expenses "that were not adequately documented and may not have been provided." They include listing of two companies that were supposed to provide training services for the airline, but which could not be located; and providing provided training schedules showing that...