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Originally Posted by StanT
While there is plenty of blame to go around, the burden of preparedness and evacuation was his and he blew it.
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Wow, talk about a back-handed statement. Which is it, is there plenty of blame to go around, or was does the blame for lack of preparedness and evacuation rest on the mayor? You can't have it both ways.
Personally, I think the mayor probably lacked the resources to take care of preparation and evacuation of the entire city. Given the great national importance and special vulnerabilities of New Orleans, I believe it was the job of the federal government to adequately protect New Orleans from this disaster.
The mayor has been stripped of all his power in this situation, and has been stripped of all his resources, and has been stripped of his city, I believe the mayor is doing, now, the only thing he can do. He is representing the interests of the people of his city.