While President Obama’s two Cabinet Secretaries were in the Gulf region on a fact finding mission March 5-6, I had the opportunity to speak to them.

This happened at the request of Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA. It was both an honor and a testament to the strength of the force and influence of Levees.org. And it’s due to the loyal support of Levees.org members.

Research director HJ Bosworth Jr, legislative liaison Vince Pasquantonio and I were all given ample time to have meaningful dialogs with Secretary Shaun Donovan (Housing and Urban Development) and Secretary Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security).  

The meeting took place before the press conference in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

Since the Cabinet Secretaries were in the region to examine which policies should be adopted to help us, we used the venue to explain how important it is that federal dollars improving our flood protection be spent wisely.

So we reiterated the need for a truly independent bipartisan analysis of the flood protection failures in August of 2005. For a cost of 5 million dollars – a tenth of a percent of the money being spent in the GNO region – we can make sure the nation doesn’t see ANOTHER disaster like we saw during Katrina.

Thank you,
Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.org

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