NEW ORLEANS – Mayor Ray Nagin called the recent indictment of his former technology chief Greg Meffert ‘disappointing’ and he also said he disagrees with much of what former recovery chief Ed Blakely had to say in a recent interview.
Nagin commented for the first time Monday on the high profile incidents involving former high-ranking members of his administration.
Nagin said he disagreed with many of the controversial statements made by Blakely in an interview done with a California University student, but he added that as a private citizen, Blakely had the right to make those comments.
Blakely decried New Orleans as a place where racism is rampant and said that many white people looked forward to taking back power in the city after Katrina. He also stated that many in New Orleans wanted to sit back and have the recovery handled for them.
As for Meffert, Nagin said that while he is disappointed that his former technology chief and close aide was indicted, that it is only an indictment and that he is innocent until proven otherwise.
