Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans

When it comes to outsourcing city work, Mayor Ray Nagin says an outright ban on hiring business people who have been convicted of public corruption might be taking things a bit too far. Asked by WWL-TV whether he would support legislation disqualifying felons from getting future city contracts, Nagin said Thursday that it "depends upon the conviction." "I don't want child molesters and rapists and those kind of people, but if somebody has made...  

New Orleans is about to pick a new mayor to replace the controversial Ray Nagin. The candidates, including Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, who just entered the race, promise a departure from the past eight years of escalating crime and corruption.  

New Orleans voters may not know just yet what they want in their next mayor, but they definitely know what they don't want: another Ray Nagin. Polls and campaign strategies bear that out as candidates try to distinguish themselves not only from one another but also from the hugely unpopular, term-limited mayor.... From The Gambit.  

Responding to a recent story about the City of New Orleans hiring convicted felons, Mayor Ray Nagin said he had 'no problem' with hiring white-collar felons as contractors.  

WTF?“Haven’t we had enough of a mayor that's lied to us? And we're gonna come with a guy who lied the last time? Who's lied already to his best friends in politics about what he wants to do,” Couhig said after qualifying.I get the last sentence. Couhig's trying to stir up shit between Landrieu and Jacobs. To accuse Landrieu of lying to his best friends strikes me as political hyperbole, but I've never known Couhig to soft-pedal his criticism...  

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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans controversial mayor is now officially a character. The scathingly satirical "Ray Nagin Coloring Book" pairs the mayors at-times baffling comments with illustrations. Creator Karen Ocker says she hopes people think carefully about the mayors tenure of the last seven years, including the citys slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The cover shows a chocolate milk drink...  

NOLA.com4-day work week, no Mardi Gras parade stands among cuts to city servicesWWLOther cuts include the elimination of the city's 311 help hotline, and Mardi Gras parade stands and garbage clean-up contracts. Security detail for council ...Nagin Suggests 4-Day Work Week, No Carnival StandsWDSUCity offices closed all Fridays and other cutsWWL First NewsCity budget cuts will take heavy toll on services, Mayor Ray Nagin saysNOLA.comWXVTall 35...  

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- New Orleans hopes to cash in on an improvement in US-Cuba relations by getting direct charter flights between New Orleans and Havana, the US city's mayor said in Havana. "We see a huge opportunity if President (Barack) Obama continues to go in the direction he's headed," Ray Nagin said.  

A New Orleans Office of Inspector General report on the 2009 budget process for the city used flawed methodology and contained findings that were based on incomplete information. That's according to the Nagin administration's response to the report, which was released last month by then-interim Inspector General David Westerling.  

It's probably too late in the year for New Orleans to be threatened by Tropical Storm Ida, which is spinning northward off the coast of Nicaragua. But if the storm does hit Louisiana, the city is not likely to finance a sufficient response.  

If Mayor Ray Nagin were as dumb as he seems, he couldn't possibly have progressed beyond third grade. This must all be a stunt. As he prepares to exit City Hall, he is having a great laugh at our expense. While he, his wife and assorted flunkies see ...  

Under Cuba's communist system, the government calls all the shots all the time -- but during monster hurricanes that may not be such a bad thing, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says. Ray Nagin told the Associated Press that he likes Cuba's government ...  

Mayor Ray Nagin left today for Merida, Mexico, where he will sign a new sister city agreement with Merida Mayor Cesar Bojorquez Zapata and kick off an international business conference Tuesday.  

Today, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his huge entourage returned from their six day trip to communist Cuba. The supposed purpose of the trip was for the Mayor to investigate Cuba’s hurricane preparedness programs and to bolster trade ties with ...