New Orleans has a mayor named Roy Nagin whose administration has been criticized by the people of New Orleans for, among other things, corruption and incompetence immediately before, during and after Hurricane Katrina's landfall in southern Louisiana (2005).
New Orleans had an primary election on October 20, 2007. Turnout was low (about 20%) and Mayor Nagin stated,
"It was kind of offensive to me, because here I am busting my butt every day and all I'm asking citizens to do is to plug into the democratic process....Take 20 minutes of your time (refering to the general election on Nov 17) and decide...Don't just let this thing happen without you voicing your opinion."
It appears that Nagin did not vote in the Oct 20 primary (nor in district voting in March and May of 2007). As of now, it was not possible to determine whether Nagin had voted in the Nov 17 election but the total turnout actually fell from the 26% number in the primary to 20%.If it turns out that Nagin did not vote in the Nov 17 election, he is definitely a hypocrite but it is proably not a very important piece of hypocrisy since apparently the voters are already on to him.
The Times Picayune article on this is at:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1196145686303810.xml&coll=1
