C-T EXCLUSIVE: E-mailgate E-mails
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CBD — Maybe C. Ray needs to call I.T.

From questionable business dealings with now defunct Stone Age LLC to unusual vacation expenses with former Chief Technology Officer Greg Meffert in Hawaii, New Orleans Mayor and former Cox Cable executive C. Ray Nagin is all thumbs when it comes to technology.

Last month, Nagin was sued by WWL-TV reporter Lee Zurik for refusing to honor a public-records request for copies of his e-mails and official calendar. The Nagin Administration destroyed thousands of public e-records in violation of state law.

Adding to the imbroglio, attorney Tracie Washington sought and received several years’ worth of City Council emails from City Sanitation Director Veronica White. The vast majority of those e-mails are public records, and Washington has every right to get them – but the records were not reviewed beforehand for possible confidential (and legally protected) correspondence.

Just days after that, when it seemed that things couldn’t get stranger, federal agents armed with grand jury subpoenas seized White’s computer at City Hall.

With everyone searching for the truth, only The Creole-Tomato was EXCLUSIVELY able to recover the following e-mails via an e-mail leak from a confidential Federal Law Enforcement source:

To see Ray’s Emails click to the Full Story Button below:

— On Tue, 1/31/09, C.Ray <cray@cityofchoc.com> wrote:

From: C.Ray<cray@cityofchoc.com>
Subject: Zurik=Jerkface
To: “chuckv@cityofchoc.com” <chuckv@cityofchoc.com>
Date: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2009, 3:35 PM

Mr.V,

Just so u kno, that reporter dewd is suing us. Yeah, the guy
from WWL with the ventriloquist dummy eyebrowz. He must've forget
that C. Ray will coldcock a reporter. Or a mannequin.
I got served the petition today. I thought to myself,
O RLY, HOWDY DOODY? You bout 2 get served by C. RAY!!!!!!

LOL. In fact, LMAO.

Best regards,
thanks,
CRN

— On Tue, 2/11/09, C.Ray <cray@cityofchoc.com> wrote:

From: C.Ray<cray@cityofchoc.com>
Subject: Cmon na
To: “Tracie Washington” <tracie@traciewashington.com>
Date: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2009, 3:35 PM

Tracie,

You dont really need all of those emails, do you? C'mon, doll. Listen,
how 'bout a little DVR freebie? I know some guys at Cox.
Perhaps you could use a newly installed granite countertop
for your home... Whaddaya say?
Oh yeah,BTW, you haven't responded to my facebook friend request.
We're friends. C'mon na.

CRN

— On Tue, 3/4/09, C.Ray <cray@cityofchoc.com> wrote:

From: C.Ray<cray@cityofchoc.com>
Subject: The Clean Up Woman!!!
To: “Veronica White” <vw@cityofchoc.com>
Date: Tuesday, Mar 4, 2009, 3:35 PM

Heckuva job, Whitey!

CRN

— On Wed, 3/5/09, C.Ray <cray@cityofchoc.com> wrote:

From: C.Ray<cray@cityofchoc.com>
Subject: Glad that’s over with—LOL
To: “Sidney Torres” <sdtiv@sdt.awesome>
Date: Wednesday, Mar %, 2009, 3:35 PM

Sid-NAY!

OMG! So glad the trash thing is done...LOL.   I cant believe all the hoopla.
WTF!?!LMFAO! BTW saw you at the Republic. Nice shoes!!! But whatevs.
OS. BRB, my Chief of Staff is coming over. He is so like my parental unit its
not even funny   Going to FQF? Me 2. Im back. K. So... Umm. G2G. CU l8r.

 CRN