# Ray Nagin (NOLA Mayor) indicted **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 19, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679 "2013-01-19T02:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/1 "2013-01-19T02:26:26Z")
This probably deserves a pitting. Ray Nagin has [been indicted](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/us/c-ray-nagin-former-mayor-of-new-orleans-indicted-on-corruption-charges.html?hp) by a federal grand jury on 21 counts of fraud, money laundering, etc., in the finest New Orleans tradition. Can’t say I’m surprised, but what a fucking sleeze. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/2 "2013-01-19T04:27:37Z")
The articles notes that while Governors, Lt Governors, Senators, Congressmen, state legislators, city councilmen, judges, district attorneys, highway superintendents, insurance commissioners, police officials, tax assessors, university presidents, and school board members from Louisiana have all be indicted in the past, this is the first time a Mayor of New Orleans has been charged. So Ray Nagin can be proud he broke new ground. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/3 "2013-01-20T23:06:09Z")
As a Chicagoan, I’ve long appreciated the way New Orleans makes our civil servants look respectable. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/4 "2013-01-22T18:58:12Z")
I was a student at Tulane when Katrina hit. Nagin, I hope they put you away for life in Angola prison. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/5 "2013-01-22T19:01:02Z")
Obvious question. We don’t hear anything about big scandals from, say South Carolina, Iowa, or Colorado. Is there something about New York, Illinois, and Lousiana? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/6 "2013-01-22T19:10:52Z")
As Earl Long said, Louisiana has the best state legislature that money can buy. When I lived there all three candidates for Agricultural commissioner were either under indictment or had served time. So, my reaction was, what took them so long? ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/7 "2013-01-22T19:48:52Z")
> [@Mdcastleman](#): > > Obvious question. We don’t hear anything about big scandals from, say South Carolina, Iowa, or Colorado. Well the Colorado Secretary of State, Scott Gessler is apparently working on that. Soon we’ll just as corrupt as the big boys. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/8 "2013-01-22T19:52:16Z")
> [@Scholar\_Beardpig](#): > > I was a student at Tulane when Katrina hit. Nagin, I hope they put you away for life in Angola prison. I offer a friendly amendment: Make that life in a prison in Angola. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/9 "2013-01-22T20:23:08Z")
> [@Mdcastleman](#): > > Obvious question. We don’t hear anything about big scandals from, say South Carolina, Iowa, or Colorado. > > Is there something about New York, Illinois, and Lousiana? Big cities make for big opportunities. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/10 "2013-01-22T22:32:58Z")
> [@Mdcastleman](#): > > Is there something about New York, Illinois, and Lousiana? Ever heard of NJ? (And that’s without any big cities, either.) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/11 "2013-01-22T22:50:54Z")
> [@Mdcastleman](#): > > Obvious question. We don’t hear anything about big scandals from, say South Carolina, Iowa, or Colorado. Well, South Carolina did secede that one time… ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-nagin-nola-mayor-indicted/647679/12 "2013-01-23T12:24:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I offer a friendly amendment: Make that life in a prison in Angola. Hey, Angola is not so bad. If you really want punish him, send him to Texas. Yes, I know Angola is a prison in Louisiana…😃