Levees.org
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Levees.org is a grassroots organization founded in December of 2005 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Levees.org coined the famous phrase, "Hold The Corps Accountable", and has been featured on numerous national and international newssources including C-Span, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, ABC News, CBS Evening News, NPR, Associated Press, The Nation, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Lifetime Entertainment and the Huffington Post.
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[edit] History
Levees.org was founded in November of 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal, 51 and her son Stanford, now 17 while living in Lafayette, Louisiana after evacuating from New Orleans. They returned to the city and grew the organization to over 20,000 members.
[edit] Mission
The non partisan grassroots group's mission is education that metro New Orleans was destroyed not by a natural disaster, but by the worst engineering failure in the world since Chernobyl.
[edit] Goals
In 2006, Levees.Org was critical in adding robust Corps Reform measures to the Water Resources Development Act, and was instrumental is passage of federal legislation awarding Louisiana a fairer share in the revenues from royalties on off-shore drilling in the Gulf. Both goals were achieved and Levees.Org's role in those successes was widely recognized. The group's 2008 goal is passage of the 8/29 Investigation Act. Senate Bill 2826 sponsored by Senator Landrieu D-LA will authorize a truly independent and complete analysis of the flood protection failures in metro New Orleans. The Act has broad support from businesses, city governments, environmentalists, neighborhood and special interest groups, and major publications.
[edit] Supporters
[edit] Governors
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
[edit] Congress Members
- Senator Russ Feingold D-WI
- Senator Zach Wamp R-TN
- Senator David Vitter D-LA
- Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA
- Rep Richard Baker R-LA
- Rep Charlie Melancon D-LA
- Rep William Jefferson D-LA
[edit] Louisiana State Senators
- Julie Quinn
- Walter Boasso
- Karen Carter
- Charmaine Marchand
[edit] Citizens
Citizens from all over Louisiana, the Gulf Coast, the United States, and even the world support Levees.org. The group has over 20,000 supporters. Their popular site has hosted over 180,000 unique visitors.
