Hammer Time?

N.O. City Council votes to investigate Nagin's technology office

and in reference to the Camera contract, an anon offered this:

Chris Drake, Chris Drake, Chris Drake, Chris Drake

Why don't you look into the real mastermind behind the entire episode. You guys only have 1/2 the picture. There is much more to this.

BTW--the oridinal subcontractor actually installed 60 cameras (up & working prior to Katrina). That subcontractor quit the project immediately after Katrina due to questionable, if not high illegal, contracting practices that Drake, Meffert, et al were involved in. Wait did I mention that the Dell Corporation was involved in this mess as well and is just as complicit as Meffert, Drake, etc.

Lastly--the current CIO Jones is still alied with these guys. He was their plant to keep the corruption going.

Did I also mention that Meffert's buddy, the Police Chief of Baton Rouge, also handed Meffert & gang the camera contract as well? Of course that is mired in litigation and is being closely watched by the Baton Rouge FBI office.

Can't believe you guys haven't looked into the Wifi deal with Earthlink! If you think the Camera project is fubar then you haven't even researched the WIFI network foolishness.

Its ashame the FBI/Attorneys office hasn't been more involved in this.

Here's why I'm not Buddhist

Because I want this so badly

7 come 11....Nagin's got a new pair of shoes?

I'm still trying to absorb this...it's so bizarre that I suspect it must be true.

I was just informed (very reputable source) that C. Ray Nagin and John Georges own a casino in Mexico.

That has to be the biggest WTF moment I've had all year.

Anyone have any dirt on this?

UPDATE: Add Nagin's BFF, David A. White, to the list of owners.

Give some love..

to Bobby.

Hope you're feelin' better.

Jeez....I just don't understand

Now how can there still be a problem with the crime camera contract?

Muppet explicitly states on his website that he personally installed all the cameras and "significantly" reduced crime in the city...haven't you guys noticed how well they're working?

http://www.logistixco.com/Meffert.wmv

But wait...how did Logistix install the cameras if Meffert was acting CTO of the city when the contract was first awarded to Active Solutions and Southern Electronics? How can Meffert take credit for the cameras when he was simply awarding a contract? I guess he's referring to he, Kurt, and St. Pierre's efforts to illegally take over the contract after it was awarded.

And if there is any issue with the cameras now...why don't we just subpoena all three of them to stand in front of City Council and explain why the contract hasn't been fulfilled and exactly what happened. According to this mumbling video on the Logistix website, everything was just peachy.

WWL lays down the 411 on 311

4 Investigates: 311 contract

Channel 4 reporter, Lee Zurik, nails the 311 contract to the town square wall and reveals just how much money we're actually pissing away:

Shick says the California contract totals $3.9 million for 3 years. The New Orleans contract is for as much as $17.7 million for that same time period. Bottom line, it is the same company, with similar service and software at a $14 million difference.

nice huh?

“It's ridiculous,” said council member Shelley Midura. “It's such a bad way to use public funds. It's such a bad example of effective government.”
When asked if there were millions of dollars being wasted in this case, Midura responded emphatically “Yes!”

but here's the juiciest part of the story to me:

To try to find the answer, Eyewitness News e-mailed Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration, asking for an interview with intergovernmental relations director Kenya Smith. Months earlier, in front of the city council, Smith served as the administration's point man for 311 service.

On April 19, WWL received an e-mail, apparently from Smith himself but intended for the eyes of the city's deputy director of communications, James Ross. Smith told Ross he did not want to do the interview, and in response to our request said "Let’s smoke him out. Offer him Rhonda who manages the center."

Days later, the deputy director of communications, James Ross, did just that, e-mailing WWL to say that Kenya Smith wouldn't be available, but the 311 manager named Rhonda would be, at 2:30 the next afternoon in James Ross’ office. But when our Eyewitness News camera crew showed up at City Hall, neither was there.

A staffer told us that Ross was not there, and the 311 manager, Rhonda, could not do the interview today but needed to instead talk to us the next day. Further, she explained that Ross was at a meeting, not in the building, and said he would call us later to “figure out the time.”

But WWL never got that phone call from Ross and never had our interview with the 311 director. Council members say they're not surprised the administration is dodging questions.

This expemplifies the lack of transparency and obvious subversive nature of Nagin's administration. This is the modus operandi for Nagin and crew...they obviously have a lot to hide.

Not only are they obsfucating the truth...they're so fucking stupid they don't know how to check an email address. Smith responds to Ross's email, "Let's smoke him (Zurik) out" and then leaves Zurik's email address in the return address bar....unbelievable....these are the morons running our city folks.

If you want more info on the 311 contract I accrued back in January, heretis:

American Zombie: The 411 on 311 starts to take shape

The Dixie Bitch?

You know, I didn't want to say anything about this, but since Haney posted this story about Councilwoman Stacy Head displaying her own brand of southern hospitality to a couple of visiting Jazzfesters....I decided to go ahead and post this shot I got of her at the Fairgrounds.  

 

She posed for this shot then downed her Busch Lite, burped, and threw the can at me....coozie and all.

Absolutely charming...ain't she?

My first FYYFF of the year

I wasn't going to mention this idiot's blog post because it's so ostentatious it doesn't even deserve attention.  

But then I made the mistake of engaging one of his freak readers on the comment section....and well...this guy is so weird it's become entertaining....so  if you have 10 minutes to waste, here it is:

 The god That Failed New Orleans

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