High Grass Throughout Parish Prompts Discussion on PPG’s “Machinery” Issue

Heavy rains, high heat and humidity continue to bombard Plaquemines Parish—and the Southeastern Louisiana region in general—this summer, causing a multitude of issues for a financially stressed and understaffed Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG). To start, the most obvious effect of these heavy rains is that the pumping stations—which are old, outdated, and, of course, undermanned—will have…