It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day.
Mayor Nagin calls for unity and expresses his vision for New Orleans to be a 'chocolate city' again.
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We will put all of our resources to focus on murders and violent crimes. Everything we have.
No, I wouldn't advise that, because you know, we have downed power lines. We have trees. Our sewer system is not working. The hospitals still have skeletal crews. We still have a lot of work to do.
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