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Finally, 51 police workers in New Orleans have been fired according to today’s story in the Washington Post, and reported on several news channels yesterday. What took so long? Earlier fifteen officers resigned and some 228 are still under investigation for abandoning their posts. The article points out that some investigations have also exonerated officers who were stranded on rooftops or could not get to work. That’s fine, it’s the others who need to not only be fired but need to be taken to court. Our society can function unless public servants are held to higher standard than the average citizen. A police officer not reporting to work, just like a soldier not reporting for duty, is vastly different from a cashier not showing for the breakfast shift at Hardee’s.

Question is, do you have to actually not show up at the office to be fired? If not then Mayor Nagin (D) and Governor Blanco (D) should be fired too because, while they have been present at work, their leadership has certainly been AWOL.