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Between apologies and damage control, Mayor Nagin of New Orleans may have failed to grasp one of the most detrimental results of his recent remarks. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Spike Lee's documentary, When the Levees Broke drew the attention of the country as the anniversary of hurricane Katrina drew near. It seemed nothing could upstage the undivided attention of the nation until Mayor Ray Nagin spoke up. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , As if Katrina wasn't a bad enough blow for New Orleans, geologists now inform us that, due to more exact measurements via satellite, they have been able to determine that the down but not out metropolis is sinking faster than previously thought - instead of about a fifth of an inch a year, about an inch, which is, of course, about a foot every dozen years. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Although he denies that he called his electors "lazy" or "idle", Sir Robin Wales, Labour Mayor of Newham, continues to cause rumpus. Related Article Tags: , , , Hip hop clothes are popular among all the classes of the society. High class millionaires or suburbia teenagers were all wearing baggy clothes as a defiant type of sportswear. Even basketball stars were appearing in public wearing hip hop clothes. The mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick has publicly stated his admiration for hip hop. His '9/11 campaign' seems to have ensured Rudy Giuliani's position at the top of opinion polls for the most likely Republican candidate for Presidentship in the 2008 elections. September 11 apart, Giuliani has other things going for him. His term as mayor of New York is notable for ridding the city of crime. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , I deliver UPS packages to many of the rich and famous like Woody Allen, Michael J Fox, Paul Newman, Katie Couric and many others, including the Mayor himself... Mike Bloomberg.. In spite of citywide objections, the plan was going forward and on May 10, 2006, the City Council voted for signing a deal with Viking Properties and implementing eminent domain. Then fate intervened. The very next day, on May 11, 2006, Governor Jeb Bush signed a statute to prohibit the taking of property for private economic development. Although the Mayor argued that the timing was too late and the new law did not apply, the courts did not agree. Related Article Tags: , , , Mayor Bloomberg's words are the ones that are "UNACCEPTABLE".
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