Shortly, I will begin my final day touring the Netherlands with Senator Mary Landrieu’s Congressional Delegation. For the past two days, HJ Bosworth Jr and I, along with two members of the Army Corps of Engineers and others, have departed promptly at 7am and returned after 10p. The days have been long, but jam packed [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
See Levees.org on Fox 8 WVUE on Friday May 22
Friday, May 22, 2009 – 2:10 pm
See Levees.org Friday night on Fox 8 TV WVUE on our presentation to the LSU Chancellor of over 4,000 petition signatures urging him to reconsider his decision to dismiss Ivor van Heerden. The story will also cover how over 1,000 Louisiana citizens contacted Governor Bobby Jindal urging him to talk to the Chancellor. Other news: [...]
Over 4,000 Petition signatures supporting Ivor van Heerden sent to LSU Chancellor
Friday, May 22, 2009 – 8:45 am
Last month, in response to public outrage over Louisiana State University’s decision to terminate Dr. Ivor van Heerden, Levees.org posted a petition on its website. This morning, Levees.org sent an excel sheet listing over 4,000 petition signatures to LSU Chancellor Mike Martin in support of Dr. van Heerden. The letter and signatures can be seen [...]
Encouraging news from Dr. Ivor van Heerden
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 – 12:56 pm
Today I received good news from Dr. Ivor van Heerden. He was invited to meet with a member of the Governor’s office who inquired about his issues at Louisiana State University. He also discussed the potential of Dr. van Heerden’s collaborating with the Governor’s Office on Coastal Activities in the future. For those unfamiliar with [...]
Landrieu Leads Second CODEL To Netherlands to Study Dutch Flood Protection
Monday, May 18, 2009 – 11:51 am
Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., will this month lead the second Congressional Delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated water management system. Louisiana and administration officials, including EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, will join Sen. Landrieu to study the world-class water management and flood protection system in the Netherlands, which shares many of Louisiana’s challenges [...]
AP reports on Corps’ $5 million PR to improve its image
Saturday, May 9, 2009 – 8:14 am
The Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has spent $2.3 million in tax payers’ money to cover its you-know-what and reduce “negative stories” about it. And the Corps will spend another $2.4 million by the end of its three-year contract. In contrast, Levees.org has been laboring since December 2005 to reduce the number of negative [...]
Corps of Engineers N.O. office spends $1 million/ year protecting self-image
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 – 3:23 pm
We have just found on a government watchdog website, that the New Orleans District of the Corps of Engineers pays a PR company $1,000,000 annually to help its image and fight bad press. http://bit.ly/XpjFr That’s your hard-earned tax payer dollars at work! OPP provides support for print, broadcast and Internet media including the Times-Picayune, WWL-TV [...]
Engineering “self-studies” should not be final word in New Orleans
Friday, May 1, 2009 – 3:19 pm
After long delay, the National Academy of Sciences has issued its peer review of the Corps-sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) which investigated the levee failures in metro New Orleans post Katrina. This review, ordered by the Department of Defense was intended to give the American public “confidence in the scientific and engineering quality and [...]