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Please vote on Satruday. And please support Constitutional Amendement #3 — the Levee Board Reform Amendment.

The Urban Conservancy is proud to be one of the many organizations supporting passage of this amendment. This is an historic opportunity to change a system that publicly and catastrophically failed our community.

Amendment No. 3 must be approved by a majority of Louisiana voters. If passed it would merge multiple levee boards in the southeast section of Louisiana into two regional boards and set professional standards for appointment to the regional boards.

Our partners in this coalition include:

• Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans
• New Orleans Business Council
• Alliance for Good Government in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and St. Tammany
• The Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
• Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
• Levees.org
• Jefferson Business Council
• Louisiana Engineering Society - New Orleans Chapter
• Council for a Better Louisiana
• Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
• Kiwanis Club of Calcasieu
• St. Charles Avenue Association
• New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
• New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors
• Louisiana Realtors Association
• World Trade Center of New Orleans
• River Region Chamber of Commerce
• Public Affairs Research Council
• Slidell Chamber of Commerce
• Committee of 100
• Northshore Business Council
• Greater New Orleans Inc.
• Bureau of Governmental Research
• Citizens for a Safer Jefferson
• Louisiana Leadership Initiative
• Society of Women Engineers - Greater New Orleans Section
• Homebuilders Association of Greater New Orleans
• Baton Rouge Area Chamber
• Palmer Avenue Neighborhood Association
• Hispanic American Medical Association of Louisiana
• Metairie Women’s Club
• Baronne Street Neighborhood Association
• Colombian Volunteers of New Orleans

This Saturday, visit your locally-owned coffee shop. Get your coffee and talk with your friends. Then go vote. Heck, take one of your friends with you!

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