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As reported by the Associated Press, Congress is requiring Louisiana to pay $1.8 billion to shore up levee protection in metro New Orleans and must pay it in just three years. This Congressional requirement is unfathomable since it was the federal government’s water structures that nearly destroyed New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard parish in [...]

Journalist Georgianne Nienaber recently wrote on the coordinated effort immediately after the Midwest flooding by spokespersons with the US Army Corps of Engineers to deflect responsibility for flooding away from the Corps. Just like in New Orleans after Katrina. I will add to the fray and highlight some falsehoods coming from Eric Halpin, Special Assistant [...]

Two more entities have joined our growing list of supporters calling for the 8/29 Investigation Senate Bill 2826 filed by Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA. Last week, I received word that the Sierra Club Delta Chapter “strongly supports Levees.org’s campaign to get Congress to appoint an 8/29 commission. Two days later, I received word that the [...]

In many cases, the Midwest flooding was a failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers to properly predict and control flooding. That explains why PR masters from the Corps of Engineers are very busy this week doing apparently coordinated interviews with major news sources. Journalist Georgianne Nienaber covers this topic with some wry [...]

AccuWeather has posted their three favorite photos of the Midwest Flooding. The Number One photo is a submerged farm in LaGrange, Missouri, a whopping 314 feet above sea level. So much for the theory that New Orleans was doomed because parts of the city were below sea level. What happened to the [...]

A panel and performance by legendary Creole Wild West Indian tribe. Enjoy this close up. I happened to be at this event and this short video captures the highlights very well.

Talk about unexpected consequences. I doubt anyone looking at new coverage of the 2005 flood would have bet that applications to New Orleans colleges and universities would rise, but that’s exactly what’s happening. Not only are applications up, they’re up dramatically. More here: USA Today article

North America’s other fleur-de-lis city…I come here whenever I can…It’s five hours up the North Way by car. I think New Orleaneans would feel very at home here…great food, lots of live music, very friendly people…sensual, inclusive, compassionate and all those good things…they know how to live. New Orleans was actually founded by a Montrealer…and the [...]

I’m back in New York for the summer in search of New Orleans-like events. The best one so far…the annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island which just celebrated its 25th anniversary. New Orleans has a lot more parades, but in Coney Island they can take their parade into the sea, which they did. Lots of New [...]

Larry came to our benefit workshop last April for St. John’s Church #5 in the 7th Ward and then went with us to visit the various rebuilding projects they’re working on. It was a pleasant surprise to discover that he’s the new president of NOREIA, the New Orleans Real Estate investment Association. In my mind [...]