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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I think it's going to send a wonderful message to the world that New Orleans is on the road to recovery.
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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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It may not be totally back to what it was pre-Katrina, but every day we make progress,
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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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I think it's amazing he's making that claim. If he's got that kind of money in the bank, God bless him. We're gonna find out once the campaign reports start being filed.
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I don't think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.
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I need a break from politics, that's for sure. This is the hardest job in America.
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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'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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This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority-African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way.
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It scared the crap out of me, ... I immediately said, 'My God, I have to call a mandatory evacuation.'
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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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They tell me it's dry, and I'm going to try and drive through there before the weekend is out, ... Once I see it we may be on our normal schedule which is normally we open up a new area on Wednesday.
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We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.