Friday, July 21, 2006

N.O. reclaims 16 trucks it was given after Katrina

N.O. reclaims 16 trucks it was given after Katrina: "ixteen trucks donated to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and that City Council members controlled or assigned to private nonprofits have been returned to the city, the city said Thursday in a report spurred by recent revelations that former Councilwoman Renee Gill Pratt steered four of the vehicles to a pair of favored groups, including one that now employs her.

In a six-page memo presented Thursday to the council, City Attorney Penya Moses-Fields said the vehicles, which were donated in mid-September by DaimlerChrysler AG, were turned over to the city's equipment maintenance division between July 5 and Monday, some with more than 20,000 miles on the odometer."

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