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Author: Sandy Rosenthal

Red flags at the levee board

August 1, 2025 Updated August 1, 2025
It seems that the governor-appointed board chair was overly involved in day-to-day operations. Because of the Flood Authority’s crucial purpose, the public cannot afford to have it run by a board chair who acts recklessly.

Citizens should not have to call for independent disaster investigations

December 14, 2020 Updated December 14, 2020
Bipartisan legislation would create a new board to study the underlying causes of disaster-related fatalities and property damage nationwide.

Rush to oppose coastal reclamation suit exposes weakness of Jindal’s case

December 16, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Sandy Rosenthal: " ... if there were a good reason for Jindal to continue shielding Big Oil from its legal responsibilities to the people of Louisiana, we would have heard it by now."

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