Why not? Foist the indigent populace you created on the rest of the country and build a brand-new city where every corrupt politician can have a piece of the action.
The only fly in the ointment is the fact that the same dependent population of NO carried the vote for both Blanco and Landrieu, so the next move is to demand that the displaced be allowed to vote by absentee ballot while the crooks rebuild the city that doesn't want them back.
each of those corrupt levy boards are going to make the members very rich.