Full Show 3/17/2026: The S&WBNO's Water Distribution System Immediate Action Plan has to survive multiple administrations

On today's show, Newell talks about the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans' six-step Water Distribution System Immediate Action Plan designed to stabilize the city's drinking water distribution system and address frequent water main breaks that have caused recent boil-water advisories and flooding. Then, Newell has on New Orleans City Councilman Matthew Willard to give an update on the water main break Uptown near Tulane University and what the city council is doing to hold S&WB accountable for tracking leaks reported in neighborhoods and prioritizing repairs before they get worse, Arnie Fielkow, the former CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, to talk about the huge uptick of hate crimes and antisemitism since the beginning of the Iran war, Dr. Stacey Welcome and Mr. Lee Giorgio Jr. of Delgado Community College, to discuss the 24th Annual "Roast of the Town," the Delgado Foundation’s premier fundraising event that supports student success and workforce development across the region, and Colin Grabow, Associate Director at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, to talk about how bad of shape the US is in when it comes to shipbuilding.