Residents along 17th Street Canal back in court

Today, I received this press release from Mr. Roy Arrigo, spokesperson for the 17th Street Canal Coalition, a group of citizens residing along the 17th Street Canal floodwall. The group asks to be reasonably and fairly treated for the taking of their land. They are back in court, but this time the group is also […]

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Gambit Weekly throws the Brick at the New York Times

Just under a year ago, I ran into Clancy Dubos (owner of Gambit Weekly) at the Green School Edible Garden in New Orleans. When we parted, Mr. Dubos assured me that he would issue a style alert to all Gambit Weekly reporters when referencing the August 2005 flooding. It was Mr. Dubos’s intention to request […]

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Levees.org Retains Expert for Historic Listing of Breach Sites

We had some updates to report regarding our nomination of two levee breach sites to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. We offered the Associated Press an exclusive to the story, and the news outlet accepted. Here is the article by Kevin McGill posted a few hours ago. http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/02/hurricane_katrina_levees_group.html The most important update was […]

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