[RummyChick]

I don't really understand Judge Eckels role in this but perhaps NO needs to get a similar position!

[texsean]

I don't really understand Judge Eckels role in this but perhaps NO needs to get a similar position!

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He's the county judge for Harris County. Bill White is the mayor of Houston. That's how it works in Texas.

[Cboldt]

I don't really understand Judge Eckels role in this but perhaps NO needs to get a similar position!

They do. His name is Ebbert. "Terry Ebbert, head of New Orleans' emergency operations ..."