This is pretty symbolic of the whole problem. Tragic as Broussard's story was, the fact that an emergnecy management official left his own mother in a nursing home in the direct path of a hurricane (St. Bernard's parish) is indicative of everything that wrong here. Nagin is certainly to blame, but so are those in the parishes of Plaquimines and St. Bernards, along with the counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson in Mississippi. In all incidents there were paltry (indeed non-existent) efforts to evacuate those who could not do so themselves. This despite over 48 hours in which forecasts put them in the cross-hairs of a category 4/5 hurricane. By leaving thousands upon thousands in areas so close to sea-level, it completely plugged up all subsequent rescue and relief efforts by local, state, and federal officials.
Parish Presidents were Signatories on the Emergency Evacuation Plan for their area. They are as Complicit in this as the Mayor and Governor.