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New Orleans Mayor Temporarily Moves Family
AP ^ | 9/15/5

Posted on 09/15/2005 8:58:32 PM PDT by SmithL

Baton Rouge -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Thursday that he has temporarily moved his family to Dallas, where his young daughter is enrolled in school.

The mayor said he went to Dallas last weekend to rent a town home for his family, but he said he had no plans to leave New Orleans.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: evacuees; jumpship; katrina; nagin
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At least he did get some people to evacuate, even if they were related to him.
1 posted on 09/15/2005 8:58:34 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Story last week said he bought the house. I can see why he left the state. I wouldn't let my kids go to school in a state where I neglected my job and a butt load of people died.
2 posted on 09/15/2005 9:00:50 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: SmithL

AP finally catching on to this?

FReepers knew this 4 days ago.


3 posted on 09/15/2005 9:01:27 PM PDT by digger48
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To: SmithL

ouch!


4 posted on 09/15/2005 9:02:38 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: SmithL

Wanted to have them go somewhere where the leadership was better I suppose.


5 posted on 09/15/2005 9:02:53 PM PDT by Nateman
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To: SmithL

I hope the voters of N.O. make it a permanent move.


6 posted on 09/15/2005 9:03:06 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: SmithL

translated:

You think I'm going to let my daughter go to "PUBLIC!!!" school with all the riffraff!!! What do you think I do, pretend to represent the poor of New Orleans or something????


7 posted on 09/15/2005 9:03:14 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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To: digger48

It takes them a while to go through all our threads. :)


8 posted on 09/15/2005 9:03:50 PM PDT by Elyse
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To: SmithL

He evacuated his own family by helicopter on either Friday night or Saturday morning - well before the storm hit and before he told people to leave.


9 posted on 09/15/2005 9:05:02 PM PDT by ladyjane
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Good move Mr. Mayor... after such wonderful leadership you may need that new home in Dallas.


10 posted on 09/15/2005 9:05:18 PM PDT by usaproud
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To: Elyse

Good point


11 posted on 09/15/2005 9:06:02 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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To: SmithL

"...he said he had no plans to leave New Orleans."

He'll just be taking many trips to other places.


12 posted on 09/15/2005 9:13:25 PM PDT by soloNYer
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To: SmithL

I was expecting this to say they moved into Willam Jefferson's house for some reason rofl.


13 posted on 09/15/2005 9:14:18 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

My theory is that they go to liberal sites and find out the latest thing they are in a tizzy about, then they come to FR to find out the real facts, then they write a story with some facts in it to keep themselves from sounding like total idiots, but they give it enough spin to keep the liberals in a tizzy.


14 posted on 09/15/2005 9:32:39 PM PDT by Elyse
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To: SmithL

This guy Nagin has done nothing but try to cover his a**. First he "buys" a house, now he's "renting" a house; first he tried to evacuate the city; then he couldn't get Greyhound to send the busses. New day, new CYA.


15 posted on 09/15/2005 9:35:41 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Elyse

This probably has nothing to do with anything, but I've noticed while watching interviews of the Mayor on FOX that Nagin is looking anywhere that the FOX camera is not. This guy knows he screwed up big time and knows FOX audience is taking note.


16 posted on 09/15/2005 9:45:19 PM PDT by swheats
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Maybe the house is one of those "rent to own" deals! ;)
17 posted on 09/15/2005 9:48:50 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Qui Nhon Turtle)
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To: ladyjane

He evacuated his own family by helicopter on either Friday night or Saturday morning - well before the storm hit and before he told people to leave.

I don't blame him for that. He at least followed his own advice and that of the President.

If only his voters would have listened.


18 posted on 09/15/2005 9:50:59 PM PDT by rineaux (hardcore)
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It's OK to evacuate the mayor's family by helicopter, while the old and helpless die in place? I don't think so. He's not just walking away from this.


19 posted on 09/15/2005 10:33:01 PM PDT by claudiustg (Vote for one Democrat, vote for them all...)
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To: SmithL

AKA the great skedaddle. But to his merit, when the calvary showed up and got things under control, he returned to the field of battle to take command. S\


20 posted on 09/15/2005 10:46:23 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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