Government Report Slams Senator Adley’s SB 79
Yesterday, the Bureau of Governmental Research issued a scathing report concluding that SB 79–proposed by Sen Robert Adley–should be rejected. The BGR report wrote, “the devastating toll taken by the 2005 levee failures…prompted voters statewide to demand a different approach to flood protection in New Orleans.” The report, said SB 79 “vastly increased the governor’s […]
Sign up Today for Levees.org’s Third Annual Levee Disaster Bike Tour
The Levee Disaster Bike Tour is a healthy meaningful way to learn more about the worst civil engineering disaster in the history of the United States. WHEN: Sunday, May 4, 2014 TIME: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Departs from City Park WHY: The survivors of the New Orleans Flood deserve the vetted facts To sign […]
Attorneys Offer to Tear Up Contract if Energy Companies Agree to Negotiate
On Tuesday April 8, speaking through Gladstone Jones, the three attorney groups representing the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East in its wetlands damages lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies proposed to waive fees they are owed if the companies agree within six months to begin negotiating. Gladstone Jones, with the firm Jones, Swanson, […]
