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Incompetent mayors a risk for big cities
 Crime is soaring in New Orleans and the National Guard has been activated to assist in restoring order. How can this be? The city of New Orleans has been run by Democratic mayors for more than 100 years, and the governor of the state has been a Democrat for all but three times since 1877. This should be the Garden of Eden since the Democrats have held sway for so long. Everyone should be happy and prosperous; the good guys are in charge and have been for decades.What is the realty? The education system is terrible, crime is off the page, illegitimacy is the norm and poverty is rampant. Yet when one reads about the results of Hurricane Katrina, it was all the fault of the feds. I am shocked. The city and state had ample warnings to prepare for the storm, yet school buses were left to be destroyed, the poor were left to fend for themselves, the police abandoned their post, and the "leaders" blamed the federal government. That occurred because most of the population had been accustomed to the government taking care of their needs. Posted by: Fred 2006-06-30 |
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