That would be typical. New Orleans is run like an ogliarchy, and has been forever. The ruling ogliarchy is not necessarily the same as the elected officals.
While trending carefully, a group of La. Freepers, could rehash the unending series of criminality that has plagued the Orleans Levee Board for the last several decades. The same people who delayed the evacuation order are involved in the Orleans Levee Board corruption.
The entire political machine of NO should be routed out in the publics' forum. La. won't see this level of national and internatinoal scrutiny for a long time after this.