Were I mayor of NO, I would offer Mr. Chocolate a bus driver job when he gets out on parole.
through 4 feet of sewerage.
Ray is begging the judge not to be too hard on him -- he might have to spend the rest of his life in prison (NOLA had an article on this).
Someone needs to be made a harsh example of so others realize that stealing from the government is wrong.
There seems to be a mentality in Louisiana that if you are in government, stealing government money and things is okey.
This goes a long time back to Huey P. Long, and more recently by Edwin Edwards (an ex-felon who is running for Congress in Louisiana).