[StBernard] [Kreweoftruth] More CoverUps: Corps Tries to Block Levees.Org Today!

[Westley Annis]

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Corps Enters 11th Hour Plea to Postpone Levees.org's Presentation Scheduled
for Today 

State Preservation Office Denied the Request

Contact: Sandy Rosenthal,Levees.org 504-722-8172

Despite following the rules and notifying the Corps of Engineers that the
Industrial Canal breach site is being considered for listing on the National
Register, the Corps, late yesterday, requested the LA State Office of
Historic Preservation (SHPO) to postpone Levees.org's presentation until
November. Levees.org is scheduled to state its case today to list the
Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal breach sites to the prestigious
National Register of Historic Places.  The request to postpose was being
made "because Mr. Terrence Salt, Federal Preservation Officer and Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, as well as the Corps' legal counsel,
have not had an opportunity to review the document," said Pat Duncan,
historian with SHPO, in an email. The Louisiana SHPO denied the request, and
the State Review Committee Meeting agenda will move today ahead as planned.


WHEN: TODAY, AUG. 18, 2011   Levees.org will present at approx 3 p.m. 
 
WHERE:  Capitol Park Welcome Center, 7702 North River Road, Baton Rouge

After the presentation, Levees.org will hold a press conference at the same
location.

By calling H.J. Bosworth, Jr, at 504-388-2401, members of the press can be
given estimated times of presentation and presser.