As He Gets 10-Year Sentence, Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's Part

Tom Blumer
July 9th, 2014 2:29 PM
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison today on fraud, bribery and related charges. In a January 2006 appearance on PBS's Tavis Smiley Show, Nagin, who in many several previous news reports had been described as a Republican who became a Democrat once he sought political office, told Smiley that he "never was a Republican" and he has been a "life-long Democrat…