One thing nobody points out that with all the problems with the NOPD, those had been around for years, everybody knew it. How long was Mayor Nagin in office to do something about it? And the excuse that none of the previous mayors didn't do a thing about it won't fly here.
Louisiana has always carried the title of the most corrupt state. The rest of the US has finally seen the kind of leadership we have here.
Corruption, graft, nepotism, malfeasance, we have it all, always have, it was just never so obvious to everyone except we Louisianians before.