For a mayor to order an entire urban first responder force out of the city...is just incomprehensible. Presumably Governor Blanco "DuBois" will take up the slack using State employees. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
If I didn't know better, I'd swear some democrat strategist is trying to force Bush's hand on federalization in Louisiana beyond the limits of the Constitution so they can impeach him.
I think more likely, hizzoner just copped an attitude and said "Fine, you want the city you got it. " Then, to his employees, "Come on boys we going home and let the feds do the heavy lifitng.". Passive aggressive BS, pulling his own men and abandoning resposibility altogether.