Former “Chocolate City “Mayor Charged With Bribery, Fraud

In January 2006 New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said, “It’s time, it’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans.”

Well, today it was time for indictments.
The former Mayor of New Orleans (Chocolate City) was indicted today on numerous charges of bribery and fraud.
The Washington Times reported:

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted Friday on charges that he used his office for personal gain, accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuities from contractors while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

The charges against Nagin are the outgrowth of a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen and a prison sentence for a former city vendor.

The federal indictment accuses Nagin of accepting more than $160,000 in bribes and truckloads of free granite for his family business in exchange for promoting the interests of a local businessman who secured millions of dollars in city contract work after the 2005 hurricane. The businessman, Frank Fradella, pleaded guilty in June to bribery conspiracy and securities-fraud charges and has been cooperating with federal authorities.

Nagin, 56, also is charged with accepting at least $60,000 in payoffs from another businessman, Rodney Williams, for his help in securing city contracts for architectural, engineering and management services work. Williams, who was president of Three Fold Consultants LLC, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to a conspiracy charge.

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#1 January 18, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Lim Lynn commented:

It’s already define what Traitor in Chief wanted. No comments will be directed to him for being racist.
#2 January 18, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Kip Allen commented:

“It’s all Bush’s fault!”
#3 January 18, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Sam Stone commented:

A NO politician corrupt? Not a chance in hell that is correct!
#5 January 18, 2013 at 2:25 pm
George commented:

Oh the aroma of chocolate…
#6 January 18, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

“It’s all Bush’s fault!”

He’ll also have the last laugh if Nagin is convicted.
#7 January 18, 2013 at 2:37 pm
MicahStone commented:

Q: Which leftist-biased, corrupt MSM socialist stooge will be the first to state that the ONLY reason nagin was indicted is because he’s black?

My vote: senile, socialist-tool bob schieffer.
#8 January 18, 2013 at 2:43 pm
Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 commented:

Went to college in NO. NO may be second only to Chicago regarding corruption.
#9 January 18, 2013 at 2:45 pm
paul52 commented:

Would love to see ol’ “Chocolate City” Nagin hang for these charges. Another poster boy for the Dim Party!
#10 January 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Finncrisp commented:

This is such a shocking development. In Chicago, no reporting is done unless the corruption exceeds 10 million. Then they might investigate and charge someone. They have a very low bar in NO.
#11 January 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Gary Ogletree commented:

Absolutely shocked!!!
#12 January 18, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Adirondack Patriot commented:

Watch out for your cornhole, bud.
#13 January 18, 2013 at 3:06 pm
don commented:

Nagin Indicted… what about

Maurice “Moon” Landrieu ?
Ernest Nathan “Dutch” Morial ?
Sidney Barthelemy ?
Marc Morial ?
Mitch Landrieu ?

Oh Yeah… Ray Ray wasn’t a part of a New Orleans Political Machine.

roflmmfao
#14 January 18, 2013 at 3:12 pm
M commented:

Maybe he can share a cell with Kwame Kilpatrick the disgraced former mayor of Detroit who’s currently on trial.
#15 January 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm
l.barney commented:

It’s karma
#16 January 18, 2013 at 3:28 pm
cavt commented:

No surprise here–but of course, we know it wan’t his fault. Tea Party made him do it.
#18 January 18, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Bitter Clinger commented:

This will all fade quietly away. Ray “School Bus” Nagin is one of Eric “the Red” Holder’s peeps!
#19 January 18, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Rock commented:

Wow really, another corrupt raciest black big city mayor, what a surprise. I’m sure he will find a way to blame Bush, or has he already.
#20 January 18, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Flintstone F. commented:

A microcosm of how things are done in DC. LA has been run by Democrats since the day it became a state. These charges could have been filed years ago against just about any politician holding office there.

Let’s not forget that Blanco refused national guard help (urged by Bush 3 times) before the levee’s broke because she was worried about the cost. Let’s also not forget the money they got to improve the levee’s years prior to Katrina from the federal government (more than once).

It’s a cesspool and Democrats are the architects.