Nagin: State could take over Orleans DA operations

[funkybutt]

Source: Times Picayune, New Orleans

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Nagin told council members that the 2008 operating budget he will submit next week will include no money to pay any portion of the $3.7 million federal civil rights judgment Jordan is facing for wrongly firing white workers in 2003. St

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Under what he called a "worst case scenario," Nagin said Attorney General Charles Foti is prepared to step in on a moment's notice and assume management of Jordan's office.

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But he also acknowledged that the recent revelation that a young man who was an acquaintance of Jordan's girlfriend stopped by his Algiers house briefly after allegedly committing an armed robbery has not helped the district attorney in the court of public opinion



Read more: http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/nagin_state_could_take_over_or.html

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Impeach Eddie Jordan!

[BayouBengal07]

1. Ehhh...

We'll probably re-elect him.

[funkybutt]

2. Don't say that..

although I've considered that possibility. In the article, Nagin mentions a group of people who feel that Jordan is not being treated fairly. Today on Garland's show, there was discussion of racism being involved.

2 murder convictions in 2 years! This guy should be criminally prosecuted. The level of incompetence is unbelievable.