Nowadays, the process of selecting a post topic is akin to a game of disaster roulette. As a result, I was “slicked and slabbed” by “writer’s block” – the chief symptom of same, a growing file of drafts but no post. Fortunately, “writer’s block” is not contagious nor does it limit reading. Thus, I begin my recovery with an update on issues I’ve been following:
Ivor van Heerden lost the second round of his fight to regain his position with LSU:
A federal judge scolded LSU late Thursday for not being “much more professional’’ in parting ways with Ivor van Heerden, but said the respected coastal researcher failed to show that LSU retaliated against him for openly blaming the U.S. government for the levee failures in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge James Brady’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction in van Heerden’s lawsuit against LSU means van Heerden, who has worked at the school for more than 15 years, must clean out his office.
Van Heerden’s attorney, Jill Craft, had asked Brady to “require LSU to keep his position on the books.’’
Craft said she now will move for an expedited jury trial of van Heerden’s suit. Brady said he would entertain such a request. h/t New Orleans News Ladder