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Home Front: Politix
Mandatory evacuation delayed because of lawsuit fears
2005-09-05
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Nagin said late Saturday that he's having his legal staff look into whether he can order a mandatory evacuation of the city, a step he's been hesitant to do because of potential liability on the part of the city for closing hotels and other businesses.

In an alternate world, in which Nagin ordered (and implemented) an evacuation and Katrina swerved to the Florida Panhandle, you can see the lawsuits:

This unnecessary evacuation cost me everything to looters.

Our business is bankrupt because of his false orders.

Nagin lied, evacuees died.
Posted by:Jackal

#2  Okay, I'll bite, iff AL SHARPTON is going to accuse Dubya and the Fed of engaging in genocide ags NO's poor and blacks, both by blacks being randomly or indiscriminantly shot on sight, and or aid/rescue being deliberately withheld, doesn't that kinda make NAGIN's decision for Nagin - iff Nagin fails to order mandatory evac, will Sharpton accuse Nagin of contributing to the alleged Fed-induced/ordered genocide of NO's blacks???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-09-05 22:13  

#1  SERIOUSLY, for a second: the fact that the mayor's office has been unable to control looting, rioting, and other violence is actually going to make it harder to evacuate people from the area the next time around.

It'll also be a larger factor in causing people to not move back to New Orleans if it's ever rebuilt.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2005-09-05 17:36  

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