Editilla expecta'hear One Word
about Leslie Jacobs for Mayor...

~Yeah!~We have been trying to get a Woman elected God for the longest time. But, since Heaven ain't exactly what you'd call a Democracy if you know what I mean, Editilla would have settled for President of the United States --yet that meant the idea of possibly another 8 years of you know who in the Hen House. Sooo, a Woman for Mayor of New Orleans would just set us up smooth to the fine!

Mayor’s Race? Fuhgettaboutit!
~Clancy Dubos

Corps of Engineers must now tell why it breaks promises of flood protection across nation
~For years, residents along the Little Calumet River believed the construction of a 21-mile federal levee system would save their streets and homes from the ravages of flood waters and the burden of flood insurance.
Now, with the levee system nearly complete, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reneged on its earlier promise. There are about 200,000 residents within the flood plain, and they had been told that once the levee project was completed next year, their homes would be removed from the flood-plain map and they no longer would have to pay for expensive flood insurance. Estimates claimed that the region would save about $18.6 million in annual flooding damage with the completion of the levee project. The Army Corps now is backing off that assessment.
Flood "protection" is now no longer in the Corps' lexicon. Instead, it has renamed the $245 million project the Little Calumet River Flood Risk Reduction Project.
The Army Corps of Engineers apparently became squeamish about pledging protection from flooding after its system of levees failed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Citizens in New Orleans maintain that those levees did not perform to the capacity the Corps is legally required to satisfy.

Public Relations show tonight on Corps of Engineers' plans for Metairie lakefront --no mention of Compromised Levees

Corps to build World's Largest Lie Machine, in Colorado!
~FORT COLLINS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a world-renowned Colorado State University water researcher to design and build a levee testing facility capable of simulating erosion from the enormous waves that likely contributed to Hurricane Katrina’s devastating toll on New Orleans.

Companies still wary of state’s vulnerability to storms, flooding
~NO City Business

New Orleans' OIG and Ethics Review Board targets of more criticism ~Kelly Parker

Investing in Disaster

Geothermal energy emerging as another alternative
~Jeremy Alford

Lo, the Monday slabbed

DePaul educator says Race to the Top and similar programs lead to privatization
~“What the advocates for charters who want to strengthen public education do not seem to realize is that once traditional public schools are transformed into charters, they are easy to close and replace with private providers,” Saltman said.
“My research has found the push for privatization is based less in evidence and far more in ideology and profit-seeking.”

After The Deluge
~Tropical Storm Ida has left her mark on Delaware.
The question we have is will we learn from Ida’s destruction or will we keep on doing the same old, same old. WHYY reports that it will cost some $15-20 million to replenish the beaches.
The News Journal reports that over $100 million has been spent on beach replenishment in Delaware since 2001.
So, should we continue to throw good money after bad and rebuild Delaware’s coastline or should we call it a day and say that was a fun 100 years at the beach?

Kiss My Gumbo

Banh Appetit ~Robert Payton

~The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is proud to present the third annual Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean, and their influence on the music, food and culture of New Orleans. This free festival will take place Saturday, Nov. 21, at Zephyr Field (6000 Airline Highway, Metairie, LA - Map This Location), from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Performers include many of the area's favorite Latin, Brazilian and Caribbean artists, including Grupo Fantasma, Rumba Buena, Fredy Omar, Otra, Vivaz, Som Brasil, Mariachi Agave, AsheSon, Julio & Cesar, the flamenco group Ven Pa' Ca and many others.
~H/T~NewOrleans.com

Blast from the (not too distant) past~Mosquito Coast

Pearl River review ~Steve Jones

Yes, well... how'bout Our Undefeated Saints...who'dat?

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