Landrieu Leads Second CODEL To Netherlands to Study Dutch Flood Protection
Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., will this month lead the second Congressional Delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated water management system. Louisiana and administration officials, including EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, will join Sen. Landrieu to study the world-class water management and flood protection system in the Netherlands, which shares many of Louisiana’s challenges […]
AP reports on Corps’ $5 million PR to improve its image
The Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has spent $2.3 million in tax payers’ money to cover its you-know-what and reduce “negative stories” about it. And the Corps will spend another $2.4 million by the end of its three-year contract. In contrast, Levees.org has been laboring since December 2005 to reduce the number of negative […]
Corps of Engineers N.O. office spends $1 million/ year protecting self-image
Updated June 29, 2014. We have just found on a government watchdog website, that the New Orleans District of the Corps of Engineers pays a PR company $1,000,000 annually to help its image and fight bad press. That’s your hard-earned tax payer dollars at work! OPP provides support for print, broadcast and Internet media including […]
