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2006-03-21 Home Front: Politix

Mayor Ray says NO to da masher! Them cars is special.

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Posted by Sperelet Sponter4478 2006-03-21 13:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's easier for Nagin to get a kickback if the city is shelling out tens of millions to get crony capitalists to haul the cars away. If actual businessmen pay the city a few million bucks, there's not enough margin to cover Nagin's kickback - they have to at least recover transportation costs.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-03-21 13:14|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-03-21 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, he's afraid of lawsuits. A private contractor might remove cars without all the due process (a concern that seems NOT to apply to grabbing guns during Katrina, by the way) and then the owners might sue the city for letting someone take and squash their precious 1984 Oldsmobile with the three-tone paint job. Lawsuit fear is the same thing that kept him from ordering the mandatory evacuation earlier. Curiously, Naguin comes from a business background, not political. And though he's a black Democrat, he's the closest we've had to a white Republican in my memory.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-03-21 13:56|| 2006-03-21 13:56|| Front Page Top

#3 ...he's the closest we've had to a white Republican...

I suddenly just realized HOW screwed you guys are....

Posted by DarthVader 2006-03-21 15:19|| 2006-03-21 15:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Curiously, Naguin comes from a business background

He ran a cable tv company, which explains a lot.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-03-21 15:54|| 2006-03-21 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 he ran a Cox franchise IIUC

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-03-21 17:25|| 2006-03-21 17:25|| Front Page Top

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