. >> we've come to plaquemines parish to meet councilman byron marinovich -- who also runs an oyster bar. >> we had to come support ya.. >> did y'all go vote? charlene did y'all go vote? >> yes we did go vote >>we did... >> i know y'all did. >> how you doing? >> oh good... >> ten years ago we had 27 feet of water where you're sitting right now. so what we need to do is start building these coasts back so we don't have these super hurricanes coming through here like katrina and all. that's my biggest concern. >> it was out of that concern that byron backed the lawsuit. but it's led to a backlash. and today, on election day, his political career is on the line. >> when i tried to explain to people what the lawsuit was, good or bad, trying to restore our marsh areas and stuff, that's why i'm in a runoff right now. it's something i would pulled off without even an opponent probably and now it's a big bad issue you know? >> neck and neck in the polls, byron is trying to get out last minute votes. >> all down the river this way is oil platforms we've got about 16 or 17 thousand wells in th