Cuba is internationally applauded for exceptional disaster management, according to a news release from Nagin's office.
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By Saturday afternoon, 1, 100 to 1, 200 people had left the city on those buses, Nagin said.
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Nagin, first elected in 2002, was supposed to come up for re-election next month.
However, Nagin's office said the picture is not as rosy as it might seem.
Back in January, Nagin promised to make lowering the murder rate a top priority.
In the face of ongoing violence, Nagin told CNN recently he is doing all he can.
The Guard is committed to staying until police are fully able to step in, Nagin said.
Mayor RAY NAGIN (New Orleans): I offer myself up for service for four more years.
But Nagin's total fell short of the majority needed to avoid facing a run-off with Lt.
Nagin says if all goes well today with businesses, there will be another change.
Mr Nagin was a cable television executive before he entered public life in 2002.
Nagin said neglecting to fix the problem has set the city behind by at least a month.
Allen said he plans to meet with Nagin on Monday and tell him to not rush re-entry.
Before Hurricane Katrina ripped along the Gulf Coast, Mayor Ray Nagin was considered a shoe-in for reelection.
But Nagin noted that the results only show the city's ability to withstand a Category 2 storm.
Though New Orleanians narrowly re-elected their feckless mayor, Ray Nagin, in 2006, that election now seems an aberration.
Incumbent Mayor Nagin received the most votes in the first municipal election since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans.
Mr Nagin, 56, mayor from 2002-10, came to national attention when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.
In New Orleans this weekend, Mayor Ray Nagin ordered residents in his city to get out before the powerful storm hit.
Mayor Ray Nagin has picked Dr. Edward Blakely, a professor of urban affairs who used to be at U.C.
Nagin's remarks fall into a line of inappropriate statements the mayor has made, said civil rights attorney Tracie Washington.
But Nagin said a repair attempt was supposed to have been made Tuesday.
As the only black candidate of stature, Mr Nagin benefited from their fear.
Mayor Nagin can't fire Eddie Jordan because the district attorney is independently elected.
When asked about how he think he's going to be remembered, Nagin is confident that his legacy will be positive.
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According to New Orleans pollster Dr Silas Lee, Nagin should have managed the expectations of the city's "frightened electorate" better.
CNN: Why Nagin's leaving office 'with worse rating than Bush'
"Today's indictment of former Mayor Ray Nagin alleges serious violations of the public's trust, " Landrieu said in a prepared statement.
Nagin will order a mandatory evacuation if a hurricane of a Category 3 intensity or higher approaches the city, Sneed said.
Mayor Ray Nagin has estimated the death toll could reach 10, 000 in the city, most of which lies below sea level.
Mayor RAY NAGIN (Democrat, New Orleans): Starting Friday, we are allowing people to come in, residents, for a look and stay.
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