[filbert]

Well, with your last post I think you pretty much proved conclusively that Blanco has never read the evacuation plan with her insistence that she and she alone can order an evacuation.

Nagin, I think, has. I'm coming around to the thought that he hasn't been as bad as it might have seemed, but he's been stymied at every turn by the state government.

The problem is that the mad woman may wind up killing more people by exposing them needlessly to New Orleans' toxic soup.

I hope this all gets a thorough airing at the Congressional hearings . . .

[GoLightly]

Blanco *could* have given Nagin the power, but she didn't. I think it also would have been necessary for her to give Nagin power to commandeer things during the emergency evacuation, like the school buses. The school board had power over them & they refused to release control over them to the city. The city & school board negotiated about the buses for the past year, but they never reached any agreement.

Like you, I'm coming around to about Nagin too.