Bailing out New Orleans

It is more than water that is being bailed out of New Orleans. The fiscal condition of the city was suspect prior to Katrina and now the city is claiming that it is broke and unable to pay its bills. The education system, in shambles before Katrina has no money to pay its teachers and the city is asking the feds to bail them out.

The mayor of New Orleans stated that he was giving his police officers and family R&R in Las Vegas, although I am not sure if that boondoggle was executed. The question is where did the mayor get the money to pay for this boondoggle? FEMA refused to pay.

The mayor also purchased a home in Texas for his family and moved them there. So is he now a resident of Texas? And the mayor of New Orleans?

Money is pouring into the "Big Easy", I hope there will be accountability for the funds. What may happen is that money used to bail out the city (of water and bills) may make the United Nations Food for Oil scandal look like nickels and dimes.

If the mayor of New Orleans or the governor of Louisiana has access to these funds, or full authority where the money will be spent, an audit of their family accounts should be conducted now, since a few years from now there might be millions added to their accounts.