AP issues correction to instance of Katrina shorthand
Today, the Associated Press issued a correction to one of its recent stories after Levees.org found an error. In an October 13 story on New Orleans’s criminal justice system, the AP stated incorrectly that a report by the Philadelphia-based PFM Group said operations at New Orleans’s Criminal District Court was “severely hampered by Hurricane Katrina, […]
Ivor van Heerden to Begin Preparation for Trial
Ivor van Heerden, former deputy director of LSU Hurricane Center, recently wrote to Levees.org from Urbanna, Virginia that he will return home in early December to begin preparing for trial. Van Heerden is suing LSU for wrongful termination. The outspoken professor claimed LSU retaliated against him for making statements critical of the Army Corps of […]
Our hero, Scott Fujita exonerated
This past Tuesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted that former Saint linebacker Scott Fujita had not contributed to a pay-to-injure program that the Saints allegedly ran from 2009-2011. This announcement nearly fully exonerates Fujita. (In addition to being a splendid football player, Fujita is also spokesperson and benefactor to Gulf Restoration Network, one of Levees.org’s […]
