Nagin was sentenced 10 years in prison Wednesday. Hes the 17th New Orleans-area politician to be sentenced. Why the rash of cases? Gordon Russell writes: Some of the cases can be traced to an energized, and often outraged, citizenry that was finally fed up with the old ways. The storm — and the endless, sometimes contentious meetings that followed it — helped to create coalitions that fought to consolidate the region’s fractured levee boards, unify the city’s assessment operations and create a strong and independent inspector general’s office.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:23:57 +0000
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