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[bluestateguy]

1. I wasn't aware he was in trouble

nt

[1983law]

2. I thought it was for this....

I keed....

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. " two businessmen have pleaded guilty of bribing him"

First I have heard of it also.

Louisiana is such a deep bed of questionable politics and graft, for so long.

[amandabeech]

5. Chicago, with its own long history of corruption, is a distant second,

at least according to an old friend of mine who grew up in New Orleans.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. In Mobile, Ala few years back, a guy named Outlaw ran for sheriff on the slogan:

"has never been indicted"

It gives one pause to think about THAT as something to brag about in an election race.

[Selatius]

8. Frankly, the problem is nationwide. In the South, it's known as the "Good Ol' Boys" network.

This is why change is very slow in many parts of the country.

People can get rich and get ahead very fast if they know the right people or were born into the right family. Profit can be had in the status quo. It's change that threatens the profit margins. That won't be tolerated.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Nagin has been under investigation for a long time.

I work in a downtown NO high rise directly across the street from the federal court house. Rumor has it that there is an entire floor in my building just for federal investigators devoted to the Nagin case.

[revolution breeze]

7. Really surprised it took this long

Reportedly Stan "Pampy" Barre had alot of information to share after his conviction and that was 5 years ago.