As I watch the continued story of the nursing home owners indicted for negligent homicide in New Orleans, it leaves me wondering what Mayor Nagin's punishment will be for a similar level of negligence. My prediction? No punishment, but for kicks let's compare the two situations:
The Manganos
Executives of a Residence
Established Emergency Procedure
Failure to Implement Plan
34 Dead
34 Counts of Negligent Homicide | Mayor Ray Nagin
Executive of a City
Established Emergency Procedure
Failure to Implement Plan
Around 600 Dead
Airtime for Hysterics and Accusations |
I don't really know if Nagin's on the hook for anything, or even has a chance of being removed from office at the next election. And many of those dead would have stayed behind even if the evacuation had been carried out according to plan. But it seems to me odd that we hold private business owners so much more responsible than government executives.
If that's the case, maybe the way to get government to keep their promises is to privatize it. It'd be great, each city has a list of services they require, companies bid to provide them, and when it hits the fan, they either do what they promised or they
go to jail. I like it.
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