by Lionel Bascom — August 25th, 2006 — No comments
Even his own folks are really wishing that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin would shut his Beignets hole.
“He is like an addict that cannot stop. He continually makes unwise and inappropriate statements,” it was reported on Bayoubuzz.com, a Louisiana based website. “It has become tiring and flat out embarrassing.
“Nagin’s most recent foray into the land of misstatements occurred on a CBS-TV interview for the program “60 Minutes.” Reporter Byron Pitts asked Nagin about the lack of progress since the hurricane in New Orleans, pointing out the flooded cars and debris in roadways. Nagin retorted, “You guys in New York can’t get a hole in the ground fixed, and it’s five years later. So let’s be fair.”
Of course, Nagan was talking about Ground Zero, a wise crack that confirms what many people in the country thought about the beleaguered mayor when he declared New Orleans to be the chocolate city during his reelection campaign. Up here in New York, we guessed it was his folksy way of suggesting that New Orleans was steeped in African-American culture. Duh! We know. What we didn’t know then is no secret now; Nagin likes to go places even the biggest fools don’t. Apparently, Nagin has never heard the phrase, ‘don’t go there.’ He’s too busy embarrassing those hard working folks in that town who deserve better than they got in the last election – even if they reelected him to another term.
In an unrelated story, Freedom Tower developer Larry Silverstein is reportedly nearing some sort of plateau with renting more space in the building next month. The New York Post says Silverstein will also be unveiling designs for towers 2,3 and 4 early in September too.