RW Spin on Mayor Nagin in Dallas - He was there last week 3 days

[RamboLiberal]

This bugs me - why was he in Dallas? I know he had to settle his family there, but shouldn't he have been in his city at this time? NO Time Picayune and TX papers report him being there. He gave the Wingnuts one helluva talking point. I just don't think it was great leadership for him to take this long a time out of NO. I know he visited the people in the shelters from his city, but I think there was more to do in NO last week than in Dallas! And note, I still put majority of blame on Bush and FEMA, but this doesn't look good IMHO. I think elected officials have to put all their citizens above even their family.

This is from Saturday - Scroll Down to Mayor Nagin Speaks Out:

In a stark reminder of how drastically Hurricane Katrina has impacted the lives of New Orleanians, Mayor Ray Nagin has purchased a home for his family in Dallas and enrolled his young daughter in school there.
Nagin, who spoke with The Times-Picayune by telephone from Dallas, where he has been since Wednesday, said he planned to return to New Orleans on Saturday. He said he will remain in the Crescent City while his family lives for the next six months in Dallas, making occasional visits to his family when possible.

It’s not clear where Nagin will be living: His home along Bayou St. John suffered massive flooding, the mayor said, although he has not inspected it.

In a brief but wide-ranging interview, the mayor reflected on the tragedies of the past two weeks, acknowledging that he may have made some mistakes but said that he hopes others in positions of authority – including President George W. Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco -- are scrutinized as closely as he and his staff have been.
“I’m not pointing any fingers at anyone,” Nagin said. “But I was in the fire. I was down there. Where were they? I’m confident the truth is gonna come out. But I want everybody’s record analyzed just as hard as mine.

“Listen, this was unprecedented. Nothing has ever happened like this. For people to sit back and say, ‘You should have done this, you should have done that’ … it’s Monday morning quarterbacking. They can shoot if they want, but I was there, and I will have the facts.”

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09_10.html