Ray Nagin Bruises His Noggin, Again.

New Orleans’ mayor on Friday proposed building a casino zone near the historic French Quarter to jump start the hurricane-ravaged city’s economy, saying a bold move was needed to restore lost tax revenue.

“I’d like to have another solution for the citizens … but I don’t know what else we can do at this point,” Ray Nagin told a news conference.

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Under Nagin’s proposal, a U-shaped section encompassing several blocks of the city’s downtown area would allow large hotels to covert part of their property into Las Vegas-style casinos.

So. They want to open these casinos in the hurricane ravaged city of New Orleans. Who is going to come to these casinos to gamble?

High rollers? Yeah right. Like they want to go to a hurricane ravaged city for any reason, let alone gambling.

Average tourists? Yeah right. “Hey honey, there is a new casino open in New Orleans. Of course, we wont be able to do anything else while we are there because everything has been ravaged by a hurricane, but heck, let’s go have some fun!” Uh-huh.

The residents returning to New Orleans? Bingo! Since nothing else will be rebuilt yet, they will have nowhere else to go for “entertainment” so they will all take the disaster assistance they are receiving and “help rebuild New Orleans”, one poker hand at a time.

Another no-noggin Nagin idea going nowhere, like his buses.