OPINION:
Your article about my city’s Jazzfest was very welcome (“Coronavirus wipes out New Orleans Jazzfest for first time in its 50-year history,” Web, April 16). We are very proud of our festivals, perhaps especially Jazzfest. Thanks for that.
However, Hurricane Katrina did not “wreck” New Orleans. It was a relatively light storm, but the levees designed and built by the Army Corps of Engineers failed due to their negligent design. That has been clearly determined. And the city drowned. It is important that your paper acknowledge that.
JOSEPH FRIEND
New Orleans
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