The INDsider -> Nathan Stubbs SUN, FEB 14 11:24AM by Nathan Stubbs

Nagin's thrilling last-minute Super Bowl ticket score

It should have never been in doubt. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is dancing in the end zone, having put together a thrilling last-minute drive to score city-funded Super Bowl tickets. In case you haven't been following: Last week, it was fourth and long as Nagin, feeling a little insulted that he was only offered the option to buy tickets in the "nosebleed" section, was still looking for a decent seat at the game, and debating how to pay for them. He told WBOK's Gerod Stevens: "I just thought that as mayor of the city, I would go to the (Super Bowl) as a representative of the city and of the Saints, and it wouldn't be an issue."

It looked like a long field ahead, but Nagin stepped up his game. Reminding any doubters that he is a seasoned veteran, he told WBOK: "Some people seem to forget I come from the business environment. So I got contacts at ESPN, USAToday, you name it. So I'm going to work it out." That's when Nagin made a critical call to the Saints organization.

With the goal line in sight, the mayor fumbled, then recovered when a reporter asked who paid for the tickets. "I paid for them," he told WBOK's Stevens before correcting himself. "Well, the city paid for them because this is an official visit, a business trip." Touchdown, Nagin. And the extra point is good as NOLA taxpayers will also fund the mayor's securtiy detail for the trip.

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written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , February 05, 2010 - 05:25 pm

MAIS NON, TELL MOI, WHY WOULD THIS INSECURE, INVALID COUILLION REQUIRE SECURITY, JESUS HE ISN'T A REAL POLITICAL FIGURE OR A CELEBRITY, "" AT BEST, HE COULD BE CLASSIFIED A MAJOR PUBLIC ASS, AN EMBARASSMENT TO THE STATE AND DETRIMENTAL ASSININE TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE STATE!!!!!

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written by who dat , February 05, 2010 - 07:29 pm

wow - ridonkulous! nice use of city funds... hopefully this is will help nola residents realize he's a retard.

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written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , February 05, 2010 - 07:43 pm

Jesus, i was prayin Nagin had'nt acquired a local GUARDIAN ANGEL !
Ya probably say who cares what ya prayin for or for who, its just that a couillion who bites the hand that feeds him, is a dumbass ! Nagin will surely find himself standing in a welfare line and suing to collect unemployment, he is a classic example of an old school," black panther wannabee, a throw-back racist, reminder of every glitch,
blockade, interfering, racially tension instigating racist, whose MO is patterned after Illegimate child producing Rev.Jackson and the Rev.Sharpton! Can ya imagine the Black community with couillions like this to claim as, " Heroes ! Mais non, and then there's NAGIN, WOW !!!

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written by nolaf , February 05, 2010 - 08:08 pm

Nagin has $100,000 in his campaign account!!!! He can't run for re-election! He should use THAT money! He's such a waste!

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written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , February 06, 2010 - 06:34 pm

Nagin had a $ 100,000.00, but, he bought a couple Gold and Black zoot suits at the Gettin Around & Down shop on Esplanade, and a couple of pink and black Gators Boots, and ah Leopard Topcoat, and ah set oh Nauguhyde Luggage for the trip, and he blew the Warchest............

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