One person that has been noticeably absent for the past couple of days is Gov. Blanco. There were problems with the governments response, but it wasn't at the Federal level. The state government really screwed this up. I find it interesting that none of the mainstream news channels is saying anything about Gov. Blanco, and I haven't seen any recent interviews with her. She is in hiding I presume.
RECALL GOV. BLANCO NOW!!!
>>> The school buses are controlled by the parish school board, not by the mayor
I believe the Mayor has the authority to commandeer most anything in his city, public or private, during a declared emergency.
Mayor Nagin specifically mentioned that commandeering buses was part of the plan during his Sunday morning announcement.
Then he commandeered nothing, and gave looters permission to steal.