Can anyone check to see how much property her family owns in NO? How much she has to benefit personally? Can help but think of something a friend said years ago about NOLA...That HUD and the politicians were intertwined. Housing was almost uninhabitable, but rents were high. That the tax payers were picking up the tab and politician were bringing in the dough.
My admittedly UNEDUCATED guess is this:
In watching the white-knuckled contortions this woman goes through to retain her power, it strikes me that she does not want to relinquish her authority because along with it would go the authority to conduct criminal investigations.
I suspect that a close look at post-Katrina New Orleans will expose a rat's-nest of corruption that will be prosecuted, and that is her greatest fear.
That's JUST my guess. But I keep asking what her motivation might be for not ceding authority, and this makes the most sense to me.
Interesting concept....... hmmmm...