Draft 2012 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan goes public: will it be real or wizardry? ~LaCoastPost
~Also~ Mark Schleifstein reports

Bunnatine “Bunny” Greenhouse’s long whistleblower fight with Uncle Sam is over. ~Hat Tip: Sandy Rosenthal

Corps of Engineers Civil Works Controversies (New Orleans)
~Mitra Images

Thirsty for Answers: Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities
~Watershed NOLA

Filled-in canal drives up cost of planned Loyola Avenue streetcar extension~Ariella Cohen, The Lens

A few quick random thoughts ~Slabbed

6 Central Louisiana schools are academically unacceptable; 16 on watch list~Alexandria Town Talk

Tropical Storm Don unimpressive so far ~Dr. Jeff Masters

$450 dollars for being knocked through a plate glass window? Man, those claimants are ridiculous…
~Disenfranchised Citizen

Decaying infrastructure costs U.S. billions each year, report says

Satchmo Summerfest 2011 music lineup features top New Orleans musicians