Covington flood victims get vent session but no answers from city

Facing more than a dozen distraught Covingtonians whose homes flooded with backed-up sewage during the weekend’s storms, destroying their belongings, members of the city commission admitted they had no explanation yet. Instead, Mayor Joe Meyer told the group he wanted the first 10 minutes of the Tuesday night meeting to be a listening session before regular business. The commission would hear from residents and then address the (recurring, yearslong) problem in a week’s time. That wasn’t fast enough for Kime Eckman, who said she lost her life’s savings to the rising water in her basement and wants either the city or Sanitation District No. 1 to shoulder the blame.