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December 01, 2005

Levee Etouffee

I want this job. I heard there were gonna be openings.

When engineers and Orleans Levee Board officials gather twice a year to tour the city's floodwalls, records show that the inspection requires less planning than the day's final event: lunch

...In advance of the meals, Chief Engineer Stevan Spencer, the board's top flood protection administrator, has personally tended to menu selection and travel arrangements for Levee Board commissioners and other guests, records from 2003 and 2004 show. And when it comes time to settling the check, Spencer has made it his job to seek reimbursement from the Levee Board and hand-deliver payments to restaurants.

Agency records show that attendance during the past two years has ranged as high as 56 people with lunch bills ranging from $682 to $973. At the October 2003 luncheon, 32 of the 39 guests chose the prime rib, at $18.50 a pop

Posted by tree hugging sister at December 1, 2005 01:02 PM

Comments

So do I! But no mousse, please. I'll take pie.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at December 1, 2005 01:12 PM

I really don't want the job, but I'll take the prime rib.

Posted by: GetALifeAgain at December 1, 2005 01:13 PM

No, GALA, you have to "WORK" to get the prime rib...just as hard as they did.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 1, 2005 01:17 PM

Bravissima on the headling, Ms. Sister.

Posted by: Nightfly at December 1, 2005 04:18 PM

Duuuhhhh.... that should be "headline". No more jumbalaya for me at lunch.

Posted by: Nightfly at December 1, 2005 04:19 PM

Is "headling" similar to wrestling, or more like twinkling?

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at December 1, 2005 07:34 PM

No, Jeff, that would be "footling." "Headling" is how I fall down after too much lassiez les bon temps roulez.

Posted by: Nightfly at December 1, 2005 10:09 PM

Roulez is what happens when you take a headling on a slope.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 1, 2005 10:23 PM