Mr. Chocolate City

Tomorrow will be one year since hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and one year later that Mayor Ray Nagin is still shucking and jiving. During a 60 Minutes inteview last evening, Mayor Nagin came across as the person he is - stupid and arrogant. He is probably the most stupid person I've seen on television in a long time. During the interview with correspondent Byron Pitts, Nagin came across as the local pimp selling his wares to new customers. And he has ben selling his wares to the poor of New Orleans ever since.

Standing at the base of a newly constructed wall he answers Pitts question, "And will it hold in the face of a Category 3 or Category 4 storm?" with enough arrogance to fill the Superdome that housed thousands of Katrina victims. In his slickster fashion Nagin responds by rapping the wall with his knuckles and stating, "Look at this man, where's this gonna go?" This is a man who didn't call for a mandatory evacuation. This is a man who let hundreds of buses flood when he could have used the same buses to evacuate people from before the hurricane hit. This is a man who cavalierly chided New York for the hole in the ground. This is a man who supposedly cares about the poor of New Orleans but have agreed to build high rise condos that many if not all cannot afford. Yes, Trump Towers will be coming to New Orleans at whose expense?