Blame Game - New Orleans Levee Board

Posted by Moonage on 14 Sep 2005 | Tagged as: Katrina

Main stream media is finally catching up to the blogosphere:

The unveiling of the Mardi Gras Fountain was celebrated this year in typical New Orleans style. The cost of $2.4 million was paid by the Orleans Levee Board, the state agency whose main job is to protect the levees surrounding New Orleans the same levees that failed after Katrina hit.

"They misspent the money," says Billy Nungesser, a former top Republican official who was briefly president of the Levee Board. "Any dollar they wasted was a dollar that could have went in the levees."

Pundita provides a link to current Levee board projects:

Seabrook Bridge Fender System Improvements Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. $30.00 Pending Board Approval
South Shore Harbor Marine Fuel Facility Orleans Levee District $15.00 Bids Opened, Under Evaluation
Repair of Flood Gate W-30 (IHNC) Design Engineering, Inc. Bids Opened, Under Evaluation
New Orleans Lakefront Airport Wedell Hangar Lead Abatement and Coating Improvements Shaw-Coastal, Inc. PreBid - May 3, 2:00PM
Bid: May 20, 2:00PM
Lakeshore Drive Improvements Plaza - Reach IV and V
Project Expected Advertise Date Budget
New Orleans Lakefront Airport Fuel Farm Clean Tanks and Mechanical Improvements Jul-05 $125,000
Mississippi River Flood Gates Rehabilitation Sep-05 $100,000
New Orleans Lakefront Airport Taxiway Alpha Drainage Improvements Sep-05 $150,000
Orleans Marina Asphalt East Roadway Feb-06 $75,000 PreBid - May 4, 2:00PM
New Basin Canal Mariana Improvements Feb-06 $200,000 Bid: May 20, 2:0PM
Orleans Marina Repaint Steel Walkways Upper Structure Apr-06 $300,000

"I assure you," says Levee Board President Jim Huey, "that you will find that all of our money was appropriately expended."

I personally don’t think so.  But, this Huey character goes one better:

And despite the catastrophic flooding, Huey says, "As far as the overall flood protection system, it’s intact, it’s there today, it worked. In 239 miles of levees, 152 floodgates, and canals throughout this entire city, there was only two areas."

Can you believe that? Whew.

I don’t even know how to comment on that.  I really don’t.

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