

The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, castigated the federal government for lack of response to Hurricane Katrina in a radio interview Friday.  During a climatic point in the interview, Nagin stated,
The mayor also called for a "moratorium on press conferences" and criticized the slow federal action.  "There is nothing happening. And they're feeding the public a line of bull and they're spinning, and people are dying down here."
Mayor Nagin is being called a hero by some for ordering the evacuation as early as he did, though many commentators and experts suggested possible improvements to city policies prior to the disaster.
The mayor allegedly failed to follow the city's evacuation plan which called for using school and municipal busses for evacuating individuals without transportation.

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Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin slams Bush, federal government in radio interview