Mercredi

LSU professor Ivor van Heerden sues university, says free speech rights violated in his firing, UPDATE~Mark Schleifstein
~Dr. van Heerden's Lawsuit as filed here (pdf)
~Editilla Stunnerellas~ We are absolutely shocked by Mark Schleifstein's omissions in this article, which amount to censorship of what actually happened at this press conference.
Not only did he not link to the actual lawsuit (linked above) but there is no mention of the formidable group of supporters who spoke on Dr. van Heerden's behalf, much less what they said.
I will withhold blaming Big Schleif for this abject censorship, as my source tells me they have cut so much staff that they had Schleif covering the Saints Parade. Jeez Louie! Who'dat that he is, he is actually a Pulitzer Winning Wetlands Reporter. Despite that, I really enjoyed Scheif's piece on the Saints' Parade.
This from Sandy Rosenthal, director of levees.org, who also spoke: "There were many speakers and supporters in the room including John Barry, Oliver Houck, Harry Shearer, Marc Levitan, Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika, and Jed Horne.
What they contributed to Ivor’s story ranged from amazing to eye popping to tear jerking."
~Fortunately WWL was there so here is better real coverage where they actually spoke to the people at this event.