Thursday, August 29, 2013

Who's Responsible For NOLA Fears?

Opinion: We Sued the Oil Industry So New Orleans Can Survive:
After Hurricane Katrina, which struck eight years ago today, and the collapse of the levee system—a system entirely designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—Louisiana wanted a new kind of local levee board, one made up of flood experts instead of political appointees. So, with 81 percent of the vote, the state's citizens passed a constitutional amendment that created the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East (SLFPAE), a reform board that oversees the levee system of greater New Orleans on the east bank of the Mississippi River, and of which I am a member...

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