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[JPKneworleans]

Oliver Thomas: A Disgrace!  I can't believe this.  So many scandals in such little time!  Perhaps, this is a good thing: New Orleans will not tolerate corruption!

[SlidellWX]

The Feds are simply still cleaning house from the past corruption of the Morial administration.  It looks bad for the city right now, but the fact that the crooks will no longer be in power is a good thing in the long run.  With Thomas gone, the current City Council dynamics could change dramatically...depending on who replaces him in the special election.

[fla_tiger]

It is amazing to me how so many polticians can stand in front of so many and promise to rid the world of all ills, while they are profiting and participating in those same ills. Oops, that is the definition of a politician.
Anyway, another one bites the dust, good riddance!

Edited by fla_tiger, 12 August 2007 - 06:40 AM.

[UptownNewOrleans]

What's done in the dark will come to the light. Eddie Jordan needs to follow suit.

[TSmith]

I am so dissapointed in this guy. I just figured he'd be the next mayor. I wasn't too happy about that because he has shown very little leadership in post-K New Orleans. The silence from him was deafening. Now I see that we, as New Orleanians, dodged a major bullet here. This guy would have been our mayor. It should make for an interesting mayoral election. But hell, I don't trust any of them anymore. We need a complete outsider. I just hope we can find one.

[JPKneworleans]

TSmith, on Aug 12 2007, 02:43 PM, said:

We need a complete outsider. I just hope we can find one.

Truer words were never spoken.  

New Orleans has failed to prosper because, for so long, it has been CLOSED to outsiders.  Insiders were allowed to craft their inside deals, and outsiders were kept out.  Or, as in the case of this parking lot deal, the outsider was FORCED into a "partnership" with an insider in order to get the deal.  This is vintage New Orleans.  Practically every contract in New Orleans is handled this way.

[UptownNewOrleans]

The corruption should have NEVER gotten this out of hand. It should have been tackled in the 90's. Now, all incoming leadership will be stuck with cleaning up the mess made by previous administrations.