Ex-flood authority leader picks apart arguments against suing oil interests
Says Barry: "There has been no court challenge to the board’s authority because the state knows it would lose and look foolish."
Author: John Barry
Suing oil and gas interests to save the coast: author John Barry weighs in
Barry, a member of the levee authority that is suing oil and gas companies for damage to the coast, writes: "We have been criticized for trying to collect from an industry which was complying with the law at the time it conducted its operations. We believe that they were never in compliance with the law."
