Nagin ran for office as a non-politician, but surely this is not how he used to run a business. He must have had more respect for investors' money than he does for ours.
A couple of years ago, Schroeder described the Mayor's experience "running a business" in a YRHT comment that still sticks out in my mind.
How tough a "business executive" do you have to be to work for a massive monopoly that just collects checks for a ridiculously overpriced service?
It's bad enough that certain corners of our political discourse are still corrupted by the cult of "running government like a business". But even that fairy tale doesn't apply to someone whose business world claim to fame is figure-heading a quasi-public monopoly.
Update: See Schroeder's post today for... well the same point among other things.
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