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Friday, December 15, 2006

The last-minute mayor

If you don't have the stomach for a fight, maybe you should retire, man, so we don't have to live with your mistakes for the next four years.


Tags: Hurricane Katrina | Katrina | New Orleans | Louisiana | America's Wetland | Ray Nagin | Worst Mayor Ever | Recall Ray Nagin | Rebuild New Orleans | We Are Not OK | Katrina Dissidents | Failure Is Not An Option

posted by Schroeder @ 6:18 AM  

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