More - Ray Nagin Quotes

Yeah, I don't know what to say, ... I got to go.

Ray Nagin

 

Our levee systems are still in a very weak condition, our pumping stations are still not at full capacity and any type of storm that heads this way and hits us will put the east bank of Orleans Parish in very significant harm's way, so I'm encouraging everyone to leave,

Ray Nagin

 

The levee systems are very wet, they're somewhat weakened, and any type of storm surge would cause flooding both in our parish and in other parishes. So we're not taking any chances,

Ray Nagin

 

The levee system is still in a weakened condition,

Ray Nagin

 

Hopefully we won't have another event, ... It's like your washing machine. First, Katrina was kind of the wash cycle. Rita seems to be the rinse cycle. I hope we get the opportunity to hang on the line and dry and not go through the spin cycle.

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The prospects of getting new revenue streams is really dicey,

Ray Nagin

 Prospects

everything you hoped to happen is happening. Algiers is alive and well and breathing.

Ray Nagin

 

We are just not able to put together the financing necessary to maintain staffing at City Hall at its current level, ... We have no revenue stream, and the prospect of getting revenue streams is pretty dicey. I think we can limp along for another month or two, but beyond two months we'll have to see.

Ray Nagin

 

We are just not able to put together the financing necessary to maintain staffing at City Hall at its current level, ... We have no revenue stream and the prospect of getting revenue streams is pretty dicey. I think we can limp along for another month or two, but beyond two months we'll have to see.

Ray Nagin

 

We will have life. We will have commerce. We will have people getting back into their normal modes of operation.

Ray Nagin