LSU spent nearly $1 million fighting New Orleans hero Ivor van Heerden
Documents obtained in response to Levees.org’s Public Records Request reveal that LSU paid a Baton Rouge law firm nearly a half million dollars to defend the flagship university in Dr. Ivor van Heerden’s wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed in 2010. The law firm Kantrow Spaht Weaver and Blitzer received more than $457,000 over a course of […]
Chris Waddington of Times Picayune is first-ever recipient of Super Seal of Approval
Since November 2009, Levees.org has awarded a Seal of Approval (SOA) to 63 journalists who correctly described the flooding of New Orleans during Katrina as due to levee failure, not simply Mother Nature. Saying Katrina is solely responsible for the 2005 Flood is like saying an iceberg is solely responsible for the Titanic Disaster. Now, […]
A message from Ivor van Heerden to the Supporters of Levees.org
As a portion of an exclusive interview today, Dr. Ivor van Heerden has requested that Levees.org send this message to our supporters. Here it is: I would like to thank each of you very sincerely from the bottom of my heart for your support, your kind words, for the demonstration, and for the letters to […]
