well Bachmann is from your neck of the woods, so you guys must have a Stepford machine there as well... of course LA and TX are kissin cousins so who am i to talk
look what Ray Nagin left us with
New Orleans City Hall dysfunction leaves specialist 'shocked'
Calling New Orleans city government the most dysfunctional he's ever seen, a leading turnaround specialist delivered a report to Mayor Mitch Landrieu this week identifying a long list of problems at City Hall, as well as a 10-point plan on how to right the ship.
Since taking office in May, Landrieu has identified many of the problems outlined by consultant David Osborne, including decades-old computer systems, civil service rules that beget mediocrity, senseless red tape and staffing shortages dating to Hurricane Katrina.
Osborne, who has advised dozens of cities on streamlining efforts, said Thursday that New Orleans faces myriad, deep-seated problems, the likes of which he has never encountered.
"I was kind of shocked," said Osborne, who served as a senior adviser to then-Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review initiative. "I think they inherited the least competent city government I'd ever seen in this country and the most corrupt -- a really tough experience. I just haven't run into this level of dysfunction before, and I've been doing this work for almost 25 years." http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/03/new_orleans_city_hall_dysfunct.html
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