"Ray Nagin Special" For Hurricane Ike Evacuees Turns Into "The Nagin Chocolate Shaft"

You would think by now that when Mayor Ray Nagin Of Nawlins LA opens his mouth evryone would run the other way or at least find a set of earplugs, but the poor old peeps from Texas fleeing the latest hurricane shuffle found out The Chocolate Mayor forgot to tell the Chamber of Commerce about the Nagin special that the evacuees came seeking per Nagin's insistence.

Chalk another discombobulated clusterf*** up to Nagin's chalkboard of failures and these folks will sure remember him for a long time when this crisis is over/.

So this is the reality of the Nagin special, there is none nor was none. What a guy.

Hotel seekers ask for 'Nagin special' -

Breaking News from New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com: "Mary Jane Bernard arrived at the Best Western French Quarter Hotel on Rampart Street on Friday morning with what she thought was a simple request.

'When we got there, we asked for the Ray Nagin special, ' said Bernard, a Baytown, Texas, resident who was evacuating in advance of Hurricane Ike with her sister. What she got, though, was a perplexed front desk worker and the opportunity to star in a scene replayed at least a few times Friday.

In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Mayor Ray Nagin had encouraged Texas evacuees to book hotel rooms in New Orleans by requesting the 'Mayor Ray Nagin special rate.'

The offer was designed, the mayor said, 'to say to our friends in Houston and Texas that we want to take care of you, since you have taken care of us, ' according to a transcript of his remarks. Thousands of New Orleanians evacuated to Texas shelters and hotels because of Hurricane Katrina." continued

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