Former New Orleans permits director speaks about indictment [Video]

A former New Orleans safety and permits director is speaking about the bombshell indictment of a former inspector.That indictment implicates Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano.Zach Smith says there is a lack of transparency after seeing WDSU investigate and push Cantrell and Montano for answers.“It is a slap in the face,” Smith said.Smith was director when prosecutors allege Randy Farrell accepted bribes to let unlicensed electricians work on hundreds of New Orleans homes. Prosecutors also say Farrell wanted a high-ranking city employee who was suspicious of him terminated. Smith says he and other employees worked to investigate Farrell.“When you take out the senior leadership of a department and all the people pressing back against shenanigans, I don’t think there’s a better way than to call it decapitation,” Smith said. “Why did you deny the budget request?”The indictment alleges Farrell bought Cantrell tickets to Saints games, lunch at …