The New Orleans canal system has a control board made up of local political appointees. It is not a federal system. This group of idiots have been spending federal money on landscaping (done by their relatives) and building new parks (and naming them after themselves) for years. At least 70% of every dollar the US taxpayers send to New Orleans dispears in graft and corruption. Look at William "Cold Cash" Jefferson and realize he is the norm, not the exception.