The legal community remains skeptical that the federal agency's immunity can be punctured.
A warm reception at a public event yields to an afternoon thrashing at Flood Protection Authority meeting.
The local levee authority had to get approval to hire an outside attorney to sue oil and gas companies for coastal loss.
As John Barry has said, this is Jindal's opportunity to prove himself a great governor or just another oil-industry lapdog.
Barry talks about the suit against oil and gas companies and his new advocacy group, Restore Louisiana Now.
State association of levee boards set to poll full membership on whether to sue Big Oil.
Nearly two-thirds of 1,000 people polled had little to no confidence that industry will voluntarily repair damage.
It's a move to catch the attention of state lawmakers, but they have limited oversight of the coastal Master Plan.
For all the dire warnings, the 'Obamatorium' on offshore drilling after the BP spill did not lead to economic calamity in Louisiana or anywhere else.
In March, months before it sued oil and gas companies, the levee authority knew the state would pull its funding.