AP reporter Becky Bohrer reports that Ray Nagin is dogged by his 2002 campaign promises to bring technology to City Hall, and to create a more transparent government:
“It’s not your father’s New Orleans,” University of New Orleans political scientist Ed Chervenak said, adding that residents post-Katrina are demanding transparency and accountability.
Just what Nagin promised in… »

The Times-Picayune:
“They’re entitled to these records,” Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso said after a hearing in her courtroom. “Public records are public records are public records, and the citizens of this city have a right to know what’s in them.” …
“When I was a city attorney we had three days to turn those records… »