A Louisiana commission is withholding approval of New Orleans flood control funds over city officials’ opposition to the state’s strict abortion ban.
The Louisiana State Bond Commission has twice voted to delay approval of a future $39 million line of credit for a power station to run New Orleans drainage pumps that would protect the city’s 384,000 residents from flooding and have been described as critical for the city’s ability to adapt to climate change.
While New Orleans police officers have been directed to investigate alleged abortions and write reports about them, officers have also beenLandry called such moves a “dereliction of duty,” with the potential 2023 gubernatorial candidatethe commission it should “use the tools at our disposal to bring them to heel, quite frankly.”
“The fact that the City of New Orleans is being punished for its careful consideration of new state laws is troubling and inappropriate,” she said. “In my opinion, all that has been accomplished by some members of the bond commission is to show that they do not care for the people of New Orleans, nor do they care and have compassion for women who are facing incredibly tragic circumstances.
But Landry’s position has continued to enrage Schroder, who is also rumored to be considering a 2023 gubernatorial run. The state treasurer believes the bond commission, which is made up of statewide elected officials and Legislature leaders, should be nonpartisan and noncontroversial, noting that the Legislature had already included the flood funding in the state’s capital outlay budget.
He asked Landry to clarify whether city officials had actually broken any laws, and whether the attorney general’s office could use its other authorities to investigate that rather than the bond commission withholding credit approval. “It’s a shame that we are playing this game with these types of projects that are so important to the people of Louisiana,” he said.Though New Orleans elected officials did not attend the meeting, they did send Paul Rainwater, a lobbyist who works on behalf of the city and of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, which is in charge of the power plant project in question.
The plant would power hundreds of pumps placed throughout the city meant to remove rainwater trapped by its levee system. Currently, those pumps are powered by outdated turbines, the first of which was built at the turn of the century during the presidency of William Howard Taft. The bond commission’s approval of a future line of credit would not immediately release project funds, but rather put the project forward for the Legislature to actually fund in its next appropriations bill. Still, commission approval would send a “critical signal” to contractors that funds would be available to finish the project, said Rainwater, who underscored to the commission that he himself is “pro-life, Catholic and Republican.
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