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Nagin’s foot in mouth disease

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin criticized the cleanliness of Philadelphia after a visit to the city last week. On Sunday, he apologized for his remarks.

“Let me tell you something. You ought to go to Philly and you will appreciate how clean New Orleans is,” Nagin said Saturday to a crowd of New Orleans residents concerned about the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

“Just go and walk around Philly a little bit and you will appreciate,” Nagin said. ” … We still have some work to do but we definitely beat them by a long shot.” (more..)

April 23, 2007 - Posted by Duane | Uncategorized | | 2 Comments

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  1. I wonder what the city/mayor are going to say in response to Nagin. He is always talking abut how XXX city is like this or that. I can remember the NYC remarks that he make about ground zero. I really wish that he would shut up and work on NO!

    Comment by LLR | April 23, 2007

  2. yeah, but i mean…is he lyin’? let’s be real…

    aside from that, he definitely needs to focus…

    Comment by rhythm | April 23, 2007

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