InFocus: Edward Blakely (Part 2)

The final part of our interview with Edward Blakely, the former Recovery Czar for the city of New Orleans. Watch as Yaou Dou talks with Blakeley about race relations in the post recovery environment of New Orleans. Brought to you by CalTV, UC Berkeley's Online TV Station.

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[UneasyoneNOLA]

Ed Blakely is an unqualified person who was working for City Government in New Orleans. If City Government should not have been involved in the recovery, why did he accept the $150,000 per year job. Thanks Mr. Blakely for wanting to quit earlier but hanging on and collecting a paycheck and basically doing nothing. He's another lazy racist. Collect the paycheck from the Big Banana and not do a GDT.

[nicolew100]

Blakely you are an idiot on epic proportions. Please take a long walk off a short pier.

You never tried to understand this city and your certainly don't understand the forces behind the environment here socially or environmentally. Please just go away and pull your shim sham art on someone else.

[CurlBill]

He's such a box of Massengill's. "There's work to be done, but I don't have to do it." What were you paid for, thief?

[23mickeyjordan]

you and mr rocketman6464 could go to hell; New Orleans will and is a better without you

[ronniedejong]

What a colossal idiot this guy is! Anyone who hires this fool has got to be hard up. He wants to blame his inept performance on others when its obvious he never had a clue about what he was there for other than to milk New Orleans for a lot of money. Karma will get you, Mr. Blakely. Go crawl back under your rock.

[23mickeyjordan]

what are you stupid? no whites in New Orleans?..where are you from?.

[driveinnut]

NOLA is racist ---they just all hate white people ---the city is mostly black ran mostly by blacks --the mayor.chief of police, most of city counsol --all of the school board---yet they seem to can't get anything right there--there are no white people here

[Nawlinsfanforlife]

Let me get this right, "Everyone in New Orleans is a racist". That is a blanket generalization of everyone in the city. I don't recall talking to Blakely when he was here!!!!

This guy did nothing but complain when he was here!!!!

[Litigatorcat]

Yaou Dou , may I suggest that you have some easily available hard hitting data to question your next interviewee with? You were clearly unprepared for this snake oil salesman, and are a guilty participant in his clever use of the media to brush over his failures and betray our proud city. SHAME ON YOU, MR DOU! Do your homework!

[rocketman6464]

this worthless cocksucker stole a quarter mill. from our city and did nothing and he has the audacity to call us lazy?? lol!----wheres all those "cranes in the sky" you promised eddy boy.-----the truth is you were a colassal failure---hired by our dumb-ass mayor for your so-called "expertise"----you took the money and ran you like the figgin rat you are.---have a heart attack ed.

[windysan]

Ed Blackely came to New Orleans, stole a few hundred thousand dollars, then did absolutely nothing. He rode a bicycle through a part of the city as a photo op and that's it. When Los Angeles was rioting we were dancing with each other at the Jazz Fest. This guy Blakely should be ashamed stabbing us in the back like this. He has no business commenting on ANYTHING about New Orleans. He was here for a couple of hours. Screw Ed Blakely.