surprise = no
But it’s a chocolate city.
DEMOCRAT Nola mayor Ray Nagin...
(CNN’s selective reporting.)
And Nagin is..............
he’s a good Democrat. Will the media report this little fact at all????
Nagin is headed to chocolate prison.
I’m actually surprised that Holder would let this proceed, given the race of the defendant. But then again, didn’t Naigan point out that Bush wanted to send help but that the democrat State Governor wouldn’t allow it for several days? Maybe this is democrat pay back.
I’m actually surprised that Holder would let this proceed, given the race of the defendant. But then again, didn’t Naigan point out that Bush wanted to send help but that the democrat State Governor wouldn’t allow it for several days? Maybe this is democrat pay back.
Allowing technology vendor Mark St. Pierre, who had a substantial no-bid contract with the city, to pay for the Nagin family’s lodging and other expenses on a trip to Hawaii in December 2004 and January 2005, and then to cover first-class airfare for a family trip to Jamaica in October 2005. After the Hawaii trip, St. Pierre began paying for cell phones for members of the Nagin family, the indictment says. In 2006, St. Pierre hosted a campaign fund-raiser in Chicago at which Nagin received “concealed and direct” contributions.
Helping the owner of a movie theater in eastern New Orleans, listed in the document as “Businessman A,” get out of delinquent tax and loan payments to the city. The amount of the debt is not specified. In return, the businessman spent $23,500 to send the Nagin family to New York City by private jet and limousine, the indictment says. The money was routed through a third party to hide the source, prosecutors allege.
Nagin’s adult sons, Jeremy and Jarin, were partners in the granite business and were recently summoned to the grand jury.
While Three Fold has been a regular recipient of city contracts since its founding in 2000, its public workload shot up after Hurricane Katrina. The company has had numerous no-bid city jobs: Among nine jobs featured on its website, five involve work for the city or related entities such as the Sewerage & Water Board.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/12/businessman_pleads_guilty_to_b.html