So before the storm, I could really care less about C. Ray Nagin. He didn’t mean anything to me other than him being the mayor. Why do I care about who the mayor is, it’s always some dude bought by the city who doesn’t do anything for ppl like me, so alas….
So he is elected, he tries to prove to us that he is not purchased by the city by having this whole taxi scam thing blown up and everyone is arrested including his cousin… Again, I say, ok. Fine.
So then there was Katrina. And Ray went straight thug on everyone! I loved it, I knew that there was a reason he was our mayor… He put all the media in their place, he fussed when we needed someone to fuss, of course he made crazy comments (ex. Chocolate City) but he was emotional and you cant always control what comes out when you are in the midst of a passionate speech… right? Right.
So here we are, got this mayor who is hard down for our city like we are, the dude is on tv talking about how he is strapped, don’t play with Ray!
Then the rebuilding starts. Or does it?
Nothing in my neighborhood has been rebuilt; nothing in the East is rebuilt. If you drive to the East at night, you better attach a flashlight to the hood of your car cuz they aint got no lights out there….
Yeah if you drive up St. Charles to the Garden District, and into the Quarters you would think that life is just peachy in the city of New Orleans.
What about us Ray? Why are they trying to get rid of our neighborhoods and build new shopping marts and walking trails and crap ppl dnt need. Why are we destroying a city landmark like Charity hospital in order to build a brand spanking new VA building?
Where is the mayor we thought had our back? Why is NO looking more like 2% milk city? Why cant the black families afford to move back into their neighborhoods? Why were so many ppl fcked out of their homes?
Oh Ray….What is we gonna do?
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