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<blockquote data-quote="Crowderfarms" data-source="post: 127478" data-attributes="member: 1335"><p>> Beyond the historic architecture, the spice-laden cuisine and the </p><p>> beguiling</p><p>> voodoo underground, live close to 500,000 people, mostly poor (more than a</p><p>> quarter live in poverty), mostly black (more than 66 percent), clustered</p><p>> into 73 distinct neighborhoods.</p><p>></p><p>> Crime, even before the hurricane, was high. The murder rate has come down</p><p>> in recent years, but remains 10 times the national average. Last year,</p><p>> researchers had police fire 700 blank rounds in a city neighborhood one</p><p>> afternoon. No one called to report the gunfire.</p><p>></p><p>> Maybe New Orleans should be nicknamed The Big Un-Easy, due to a high</p><p>> violent crime rate and a high unemployment rate. There's also a </p><p>> significant</p><p>> number of suicides and divorces.</p><p>></p><p>> The city's school system is a shambles. The district almost went broke </p><p>> this</p><p>> past year - teachers nearly missed a paycheck - and 55 of the state's 78</p><p>> worst schools are in New Orleans.</p><p>></p><p>> Dozens of school employees are under indictment for corruption. But then,</p><p>> corruption in New Orleans is nothing new - politicians, judges, the police</p><p>> have all been caught.</p><p>></p><p>> These government failures are not merely a matter of incompetence.</p><p>> Louisiana and New Orleans have a long, well-known reputation for</p><p>> corruption: as former congressman Billy Tauzin once put it, "half of</p><p>> Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment That's</p><p>> putting it mildly. Adjusted for population size, the state ranks third in</p><p>> the number of elected officials convicted of crimes (Mississippi is No. </p><p>> 1).</p><p>> Recent scandals include the conviction of 14 state judges and an FBI raid</p><p>> on the business and personal files of a Louisiana congressman.</p><p>></p><p>> In 1991, a notoriously corrupt Democrat named Edwin Edwards ran for</p><p>> governor against Republican David Duke, a former head of the Ku Klux Klan.</p><p>> Edwards, whose winning campaign included bumper stickers saying "Elect the</p><p>> Crook," is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for taking bribes</p><p>> from casino owners. Duke recently completed his own prison term for tax</p><p>> fraud.</p><p>></p><p>> The rot included the New Orleans Police Department, which in the 1990s had</p><p>> the dubious distinction of being the nation's most corrupt police force </p><p>> and</p><p>> the least effective: the city had the highest murder rate in America. More</p><p>> than 50 officers were eventually convicted of crimes including murder, </p><p>> rape</p><p>> and robbery; two are currently on Death Row.</p><p>></p><p>> Ten billion dollars are about to pass into the sticky hands of politicians</p><p>> in the No. 1 and No. 3 most corrupt states in America. Worried about</p><p>> looting? You ain't seen nothing yet.</p><p>></p><p>></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crowderfarms, post: 127478, member: 1335"] > Beyond the historic architecture, the spice-laden cuisine and the > beguiling > voodoo underground, live close to 500,000 people, mostly poor (more than a > quarter live in poverty), mostly black (more than 66 percent), clustered > into 73 distinct neighborhoods. > > Crime, even before the hurricane, was high. The murder rate has come down > in recent years, but remains 10 times the national average. Last year, > researchers had police fire 700 blank rounds in a city neighborhood one > afternoon. No one called to report the gunfire. > > Maybe New Orleans should be nicknamed The Big Un-Easy, due to a high > violent crime rate and a high unemployment rate. There's also a > significant > number of suicides and divorces. > > The city's school system is a shambles. The district almost went broke > this > past year - teachers nearly missed a paycheck - and 55 of the state's 78 > worst schools are in New Orleans. > > Dozens of school employees are under indictment for corruption. But then, > corruption in New Orleans is nothing new - politicians, judges, the police > have all been caught. > > These government failures are not merely a matter of incompetence. > Louisiana and New Orleans have a long, well-known reputation for > corruption: as former congressman Billy Tauzin once put it, "half of > Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment That's > putting it mildly. Adjusted for population size, the state ranks third in > the number of elected officials convicted of crimes (Mississippi is No. > 1). > Recent scandals include the conviction of 14 state judges and an FBI raid > on the business and personal files of a Louisiana congressman. > > In 1991, a notoriously corrupt Democrat named Edwin Edwards ran for > governor against Republican David Duke, a former head of the Ku Klux Klan. > Edwards, whose winning campaign included bumper stickers saying "Elect the > Crook," is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for taking bribes > from casino owners. Duke recently completed his own prison term for tax > fraud. > > The rot included the New Orleans Police Department, which in the 1990s had > the dubious distinction of being the nation's most corrupt police force > and > the least effective: the city had the highest murder rate in America. More > than 50 officers were eventually convicted of crimes including murder, > rape > and robbery; two are currently on Death Row. > > Ten billion dollars are about to pass into the sticky hands of politicians > in the No. 1 and No. 3 most corrupt states in America. Worried about > looting? You ain't seen nothing yet. > > [/QUOTE]
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