Did HE say that? In yet another slip of the tongue, New Orleans unbeloved Mayor Ray Nagin did it again. He was trying to emphasize that Houston and Texas Hurricane Ike evacuees are welcome in his city, just as they welcomed Katrina evacuees. He said they could ask for a “Ray Nagin Special“. Just as I thought, the problem is in his mouth. He put his foot in it again.

According to reports, hotel front desk clerks were perplexed at Houston evacuees arriving at New Orleans hotels and asking for the “Ray Nagin Special”. But it’s against federal law and wouldn’t be prudent (with different types of accomodations) for hotels to have across the board rates.