"My frustration is that people still have not returned to New Orleans, " Ocker told CNN.

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Sheldon Ocker of the Akron Beacon Journal voted Verlander eighth.

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In October 2009, local artist Karen Ocker published "The Ray Nagin Coloring Book, " a scathingly satirical cartoon book about some of the mayor's most notorious statements, including the declaration that New Orleans will become a "Chocolate City" again, with a majority of African-Americans, in the aftermath of Katrina.

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