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PRESS CONFERENCE Wed Apr 8 at 11:30am Lakeview Harbor Restaurant
When: Wed Apr 8, 2009 at 11:30am Where: Lakeview Harbor Restaurant, 911 Harrison Ave, New Orleans Why: Announcement and revelation of new information Eighteen months ago, Dr. Ray Seed, co-chair of the Independent Levee Investigation Team filed a 42-page ethics complaint against members of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE). He detailed a sordid […]
Stephanie Grace: Katrina victims aren’t all scam artists
Today, New Orleans columnist Stephanie Grace, in thanking college spring break volunteers who are heading in this direction, said this: “…we work hard to remind people that the vast majority of the Katrina victims aren’t scam artists. They’re just regular people whose only sin was thinking that the federal government’s levees wouldn’t disintegrate…” To help […]
President Obama dispatches two key aides to New Orleans
While President Obama’s two Cabinet Secretaries were in the Gulf region on a fact finding mission March 5-6, I had the opportunity to speak to them. This happened at the request of Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA. It was both an honor and a testament to the strength of the force and influence of Levees.org. And […]