Most of the thugs in NOLA now live in Houston courtesy of their schmuck Mayor's "Christian charity."
Feelgood politics.
He was generous with the taxpayers' money extending charity but then he got huffy with the Feds weren't paying his bills.
Additionally I recall when he screamed into microphones that he was cancelling events at the George R. Brown (even though it would mean financial problems for people who had booked events there). He said "I dare you to sue".
And no one wanted to challenge this "compasionate leader". A leader who had no exit strategy except "term limit" and move away.