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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If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.
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We want (FEMA) to allow us to get back to New Orleans and find an appropriate place to bury the people of New Orleans, ... We will find a plot. We will find a place. We will erect a memorial.
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We are prepared as a city to put on the best Mardi Gras that we have ever seen.
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There are dead bodies floating in some of the water, ... The rescuers would basically push them aside as they were trying to save individuals.
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Let me just say it one more time and make sure everybody understands it ... We will rebuild this entire city,
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It is important for people to see their homes and move forward with the process of building a new future for their families,
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People are saying it's too early to bring back jazz, the gumbo and the red beans, ... If it's too early, when is the right time?
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Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before.
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I was among the people in the Superdome. I knew what was going on every minute. I did not have air conditioning nor shower facilities. I made decisions based upon facts and not what I thought was going to happen. So history will judge me based upon those actions.
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We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane.
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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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I'm going to announce a phased repopulation plan that is going to deal with some of the areas that were least hit by the hurricane and had less water, and then within the next week or two we should have about 180,000 people back in the city of New Orleans,
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I want to continue to stay plugged into New Orleans and help people who are still struggling with the recovery here, and then, if I can help around the country and around the world, absolutely, I'll be open to that.
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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.