Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin
Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr., also known as C. Ray Nagin, previously served as the 60th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 2002 to 2010. A Democrat, Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 June 1956
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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We believe our re-entry plan properly balances safety concerns and the needs of our citizens to begin rebuilding their lives,
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Now, with a single step, city departments, businesses and private citizens can access a tool that will help speed the rebuilding of New Orleans into a better, safer and stronger city.
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It's something we're very excited about, ... It's something the mayor has been pushing for, because the Sewerage & Water Board testing was showing good signs, but we needed the regulatory agency to sign off on it. We hope it makes it easier for citizens in New Orleans to live in their own homes, for those who still have homes.
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Now is not the time to change leadership. I ask the citizens of New Orleans to let me continue this important job of rebuilding our city.
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We had people trapped on roofs, et cetera ... and they didn't know about it? That's just impossible.
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We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.
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Everything that you didn't like about New Orleans, let's get rid of it. Everything that you liked about New Orleans, let's enhance it. Everything you dreamed about and wished New Orleans had, let's make it happen,
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everything you hoped to happen is happening. Algiers is alive and well and breathing.
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At the Superdome, a young man came up to me holding a baby. He'd run out of diapers. He'd run out of medicine. His baby was sick. The guy's saying, 'Help me! Take my baby.' What could I do? That's the definition of helpless.
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At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.
We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
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Today I feel better about Rita, and I'm not as prone to do a hard, mandatory evacuation, ... But I want to leave that open as an option.
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We have the most significant challenge of any city in American history and they are dismissing ideas ad nauseam, ... Nobody is coming up with better ideas or alternative ideas, and it's really kind of teeing me off.
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Get people to higher ground and have the feds and the state airlift supplies to them -- that was the plan, man,