You need to read the July 9 2005 School Board meeting minutes, posted elsewhere on FR.
There was a great deal of negligence and lack of planning in many quarters of N.O. government.
It's all too easy to blame it on one [incompetent] person when the entire government was in fact negligent.
I heard on Bill Bennet show the Red Cross was waiting in the wings to deliver the food, water and supplies to the SuperDome and the Convention Center but the Louisiana's Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security did not allow them to go. They didn't want to attract more people if they found out aid was available.
FEMA/Homeland Security does not have jurisdiction over the Red Cross.
When was Louisana under federal control? I heard the Governor still has the National Guard under her control.
Where is the Lt Gov?