The levee board for southeastern Louisiana is acting like one of those suckers in a “match the pot” poker game with lots of wild cards. Worse, in sticking with a radically sweeping lawsuit against as many as 97 oil companies, board members are playing with somebody else’s money, namely that of Louisiana’s taxpayers. It’s long past time for them to escape a losing game. Read more...
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