Mayor Chocolate City Nagin to do Jail Time

Former Mayor of the Big Easy, Democrat Ray Nagin, who urged people to build him a chocolate city after Hurricane Katrina pounded NOLA, and who failed to find the bus keys to evacuate people, is now convicted of 20 counts of corruption.

From Fox here:

A jury convicted former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Wednesday on 20 of 21 federal corruption counts, including bribery, marking a stunning fall for the feisty official who gained a national profile following Hurricane Katrina.

The 57-year-old Democrat, who led his city through the aftermath of the 2005 storm, was found guilty of charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office.

The charges against Nagin included one overarching conspiracy count along with six counts of bribery, nine counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy and four counts of filing false tax returns. He was acquitted of one of the bribery counts.

Each charges carries a sentence from 3 to 20 years.

Maybe Nagin will fulfill his dream and go to a Chocolate Prison? Maybe pack some fudge? Couldn’t happen to a better Democrat.