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Ray Nagin, Former New Orleans Mayor, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
NY Times ^ | 7-9-14 | Campbell Robertson

Posted on 07/09/2014 8:27:38 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

NEW ORLEANS — C. Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans who was convicted in February on corruption charges, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday in federal court in New Orleans.

Mr. Nagin was found guilty in February on 20 counts, most relating to kickbacks from contractors looking for city work. The sentence was imposed by Judge Ginger Berrigan of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Mr. Nagin, a Democrat, was arrested in January 2013, nearly three years after he left office. He was charged with taking kickbacks in the form of cash, cross-country trips or help with the family-run granite countertop company; the bribes were handed out by men looking for city business ranging from software supplies to sidewalk repair. Many of the schemes, though not all, took place after Hurricane Katrina, when contractors crowded into the city for rebuilding work.

Many of those involved eventually pleaded guilty and testified at length against Mr. Nagin at his trial. Photo

C. Ray Nagin in January.Credit Gerald Herbert/Associated Press The corruption had been so thoroughly covered in the local news media that few people were surprised by the verdicts. Mr. Nagin had come into office in 2002 as a reformer from the business world and a foe of cronyism. But the city grew frustrated with his stewardship, particularly in his second term when the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina stalled and Mr. Nagin seemed unengaged. By the time he left office in 2010, many in New Orleans had moved past frustration and were simply ready to see him go.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Blanco, President Bush
and Louisiana Senator David Vitter
41 posted on 07/09/2014 8:53:11 AM PDT by deport
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wonder where he’s registered...now that he’s about to get married to the guy on the cell block with the most cigarettes...


42 posted on 07/09/2014 8:55:47 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The story does not seem to have made the Seattle Times website, unless it’s buried somewhere. But if a Republican city clerk in Haystack, Nebraska, made an anti-gay slur, it would probably be there.


43 posted on 07/09/2014 8:55:58 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wasn’t Wednesday National Chocolate Day? How appropriate that he was sentenced on that very day!!!


44 posted on 07/09/2014 9:01:57 AM PDT by BAW (Remind me what Richard Nixon did that was so bad he had to resign as president.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Related:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/9677500-171/what-will-life-be-like

I did not realize he left Chocolate City and Louisiana after he left office. If I knew (or cared), I forgot.


45 posted on 07/09/2014 9:05:46 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ken5050

46 posted on 07/09/2014 9:06:44 AM PDT by maggief
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To: USNBandit; americas.best.days...

What about their former Governor???


47 posted on 07/09/2014 9:08:54 AM PDT by danamco (-)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

C.(ya) Ray Nagin


48 posted on 07/09/2014 9:12:00 AM PDT by NCcatdaddy
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To: afraidfortherepublic; flaglady47; hoosiermama; Chigirl 26; mickie; pax_et_bonum; Maine Mariner; ...
CHOCOLATE MAYOR SENTENCED FOR CORRUPTION

Lest jujube thinking the sentence was too tough, let me say that cocoa-bird Kagin got his just desserts. The judge didn't truffle around and gave him ten years.

Despite the former mayor's denials, stonewalling and fudging around during the trial, he's now on his way to the federal Chocolate Bar Hotel where all jawbreakers like he belong.

When he leaves for prison it's too bad I can't be there to wave bon bon and throw him some candy kisses.

Leni

49 posted on 07/09/2014 9:12:59 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Nagin is a black Democrat. Isn’t it racist to sentence him? /sarc


50 posted on 07/09/2014 9:13:27 AM PDT by jodster36
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To: MinuteGal

He committed the ultimate sin. He crossed the Landreau family.


51 posted on 07/09/2014 9:17:52 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: bandleader

No wonder the school buses didn’t roll. He was on the phone accepting bribes.


52 posted on 07/09/2014 9:17:52 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Moonman62
The Feds have the resources to keep their prisoners locked up for the full term.

it's not about resources. the (clinton appointed) judge cut him a massive break today. the prosecutors objected when the sentence was handed down, and have already mentioned appealing the sentence.

53 posted on 07/09/2014 9:19:02 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: cripplecreek

Any Black riots so far, for either of these guys? Or are Blacks in this country able to recognize the difference between a Black martyr and a run-of-the-mill, two-bit crook getting what he deserves - regardless of race?


54 posted on 07/09/2014 9:21:56 AM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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To: butterdezillion
No rioting. Most people in Detroit knew Kwame was a crook and were pleased to see him gone. The day Kwame was sentenced a plane was towing a sign around "wishing him well".

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55 posted on 07/09/2014 9:26:20 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Salvation; MinuteGal

The school buses didn’t roll because Phillis Landreau was on the school board ( president iirc) and made sure they weren’t allowed to be used. Check out the local paper (Picceune)
There were several articles before Katrina hit on the HUD fraud going on in the ninth district. Seems papa Landreau who started HUD under Carter taught the locals how to get rich using it and it was all about to explode. With the flooding of NOLA it all became moot. Coincidence ;-)
The fight between the Landreau s and the mayor was in full swing when the hurricane hit-— the chocolate man wouldn’t stay in his place!
Reading those articles were very enlightening They’re logged on FR somewhere but can’t remember the keyword I used


56 posted on 07/09/2014 9:29:46 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: hoosiermama

Times-Picayune. Nola.com. Try archives if you’re interested


57 posted on 07/09/2014 9:36:48 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Did anyone out side of NO even know he was on trial? I am in Houston and I certainly missed it.


58 posted on 07/09/2014 9:39:26 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: americas.best.days...
He’s about to discover what a chocolate city is really like. Very much. There will be plenty of fudge-packers ready.
59 posted on 07/09/2014 9:40:48 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: cripplecreek

lol

I wonder if the fear-mongering over Black riots is really just a way to keep whites THINKING that Obama is untouchable.

When people know that somebody is a crook they won’t riot for them. The key to Obama’s coup was threatening the media so people wouldn’t see the proof that Obama and his handlers are crooks.

Congress should tell Obama if he wants money to provide everything for the illegals he’s brought in, he needs to take it out of EBT card/welfare funds. There’s only so much money to go around for “welfare” so it has to be divided between however many people say they need it...

Just like the available JOBS have to be divided up between the people who need them...


60 posted on 07/09/2014 9:42:43 AM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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