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Election time – Black and Gold Lists

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

In line with our promise to make metro New Orleans a national issue, Levees.org has released its second set of Black and Gold lists. We feel the individuals and organizations cited on the Black List have slowed the regions’ recovery from the catastrophic man-made flood damage of 2005. As a civic grassroots group, it’s our […]

Integrity of Corps of Engineers levee study questioned

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

A panel led by retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY has dealt a harsh blow to the credibility of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) convened in New Orleans after Katrina by the Army Corps of Engineers. Rep. Boehlert’s panel looked at the way the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) takes part in post […]

Media blames New Orleanians for our hardships – again

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Updated June 29, 2014. For me, during the ordeal of Gustav, lots of things were hard. Like packing for an evacuation, traveling in traffic jams, and hunkering down during a hurricane. But for me, the hardest thing of all was watching the media–yet again–blame us, the citizens of New Orleans for the difficulties and hardships […]