The Times Picayune is reporting the real reason why Nagin wants to re-populate New Orleans.

With about 75,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees remaining in Red Cross shelters in several states, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is trying to organize them, especially black New Orleans residents, to help them return home before next year’s political elections.

The Feds are saying they don’t think its safe. There is another Tropical Storm headed into the gulf. Army Corp of Engineers is not sure the levees could withstand another storm of any size. Yet the mayor is desperately trying to get people back into the city ASAP before the decide to settle down where they are.

Smart Move Nagin. Not.