Right. And the point is that he did NOT have that authority until he declared a state of emergency. By that time all of the bus drivers were bugging out. Because, to say it again, the School Board provided zero practical assistance in preparing for evac, even in the June 9 2005 meeting, where these questions were SPECIFICALLY discussed.
he was completely unprepared to exercise executive authority in a crisis.
No point in arguing that, since I agree. Point is, other N.O. officials appear not to have helped. Second point (and the point of this post) is that others are culpable, perhaps the entire N.O. government.
he had the option of conscripting just about anyone to the task, including the 8,000 national guardsmen that the governor refused to deploy.
Again, just my point: he was getting it on one side from the malfeasant School Board which provided neither buses nor drivers, and on the other side from Blanco who wouldn't authorize the N.G. for driving or bus security (drivers and bus security were also specifically discussed in the July 9 2005 School Board meeting).
"They didn't help" is no excuse when you have several thousand people who died on your watch and YOU are the person immediately responsbile.
Mayor Nagin and Mayor Giuliani better not be in the same room at the same time. Mayor and anti-mayor tend to blow up when they come in contact.
I'd truly hate to have Rudy cease to exist in exchange for such a worthless piece of anti-mayor.