Saturday, January 19, 2013

Former Mayor of New Orleans Is Charged in Sweeping Corruption Case

The New York Times reports:
C. Ray Nagin, the former mayor of this city who fulminated against the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina but became for many a symbol of the shortcomings of government himself, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday on 21 counts including conspiracy, bribery and money laundering.
Government means: corruption.