This is the American Greet Podcast presented by CNBC, I'm Stacey Keech.

In this episode of American Greet, Ray Niggand rises to power his mayor of New Orleans on

big promises of reform.

The winds of change are blowing, and they are fanning the flames of a renaissance, and

our great city.

When he first came into office, he was a rock star, I mean, this is a guy who had

crossed over support, black, white, rich, poor, I mean, he was the guy that came into

office that was supposed to change New Orleans, fix New Orleans, clean up New Orleans.

Until one of the most catastrophic storms in history changes everything.

Katrina strikes a heavy blow to the Louisiana coast as a category four storm.

Everybody was devastated, we had no electricity, we had no running water, we had no food.

This city needed a great leader, and the mayor was a logical choice.

But as billions of dollars begin to flow in for rebuilding, Niggand's anti-corruption

ideals seem to wash away like the floodwaters.

And the mayor sells out the citizens of the Crescent City for a little more than $500,000

in luxury trips, services, and cash.

When his financial needs and his lifestyle definitely outpaced his legitimate income, he

then shows an illegitimate income in those drives and kickbacks.

Every person is here by order to immediately evacuate the city of New Orleans, or if no

other alternative is available, to immediately move to one of the facilities within the city

that will be designated as a refuge of last resort.

On August 28, 2005, mayor C. Ray Nagan orders the first ever mandatory evacuation of New

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