Times-Picayune: Jefferson Parish Councilman Ricky Templet and President John Young pounded an American flag into the sand at a lonely spot about five miles southwest of the town of Jean Lafitte on Friday (May 15), symbolically claiming new land created by a long distance pipeline in the name of the parish.
The photo op was part of a field trip arranged by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to update local officials and the media on the status of one of the state's most successful coastal restoration...