Oy. I knew Steve "Mistake on the Lake" Scalise was an opportunistic politician, but I never knew that he'd lie to his constituents and be mis-informed about Corps of Engineer projects in his district.
The second issue raised, the mis-informed charge, is much, much, more serious. The "Pump To The River" drainage project is vital for Lakeview and Metairie residents, as it will help keep flooding during major rain storms, and assuming the levees hold, hurricanes. The Corps of Engineers held a community meeting on October 22nd, and Mr. Scalise was nowhere to be found. It's unfortunate that he decided doing something else was more worthwhile, as he would have learned that the Corps had cancelled the "Pump To The River" project.
Because he didn't even send a staffer to the event, he didn't know that the Corps cancelled the event, as evidenced by this interview on New Orleans' CW channel 38 news the very next day:
Lord. The First District can't afford two years of Steve Scalise's lies or incompetence. Vote for Jim Harlan.
