Reaching out to help Ike evacuees is a neighborly impulse, but when New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin touted a non-existent discount on hotel rooms, he didn't help anyone. In fact, he ended up upsetting some evacuees who felt that their plight was being treated as a joke. Hotels can't get together to set a special rate -- that would violate federal anti-trust laws. Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Association, said he made that very point to the mayor before a news conference last Thursday.
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