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Pooyie 01.25.12

Wednesday January 25, 2012

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The nine local civic groups that came together to bring education talks to the forefront in Lafayette Parish over the last couple of years may soon have an new (and old) member of its team. Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper tells The Ind that LPSS rejoining the Lafayette Parish Education Stakeholders Council is a “no brainer.”

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As expected by the state Department of Health and Hospitals, the “Bayou Health” privatized Coordinated Care Network for privatizing Medicaid in Louisiana is off to a rough start.

Couillon

State Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, the recently appointed chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee and senior member of the Lafayette delegation at the Capitol, stunned no small number of local Republicans including, according to sources, several friends over the weekend when he came out in support of Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s long-shot bid to win the GOP presidential nomination.

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B.R. Tea Party drafts Landry to take on Boustany

B.R. Tea Party drafts Landry to take on Boustany

The Tea Party of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, wants U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry to challenge Congressman Charles Boustany for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

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Sen. Elbert Guillory: king of the pre-filers

Much of Guillory’s legislation deals with aspects of retirement benefits paid to state employees, which figures along with education reform to be among the most discussed and legislated topics in the session.

This week in awesome: an alternative to RedFlex

Should the City-Parish Council, in its weird new dis-equilibrium, move to banish the revenue-generating Big Brother from Lafayette’s streets, French humorist Remi Gaillard has a solution.

Boustany reports robust 4Q funds

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, is reporting healthy 4th Quarter 2011 fundraising, announcing Thursday his campaign took in more than $220,000 from October to December, raising his total cash on hand for the 2012 campaign to $1.27 million.


Roemer eyeing 3rd-party route

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer met last weekend with Americans Elect, an organization that has vowed to get a bi-partisan ticket onto the ballots in all 50 U.S. states in November.

Acadiana mom using Facebook to fight for UMC

The mother of a 5-year-old boy, the new Facebook page's administrator tells the social networking world that her son is receiving treatments at UMC for "severe speech and sensory issues ... and he's making progress."


Tramel: Camera enforcement makes streets safer

Lafayette Consolidated Government’s traffic director is making a case for the efficacy of the SafeLight and SafeSpeed programs in the Hub City.

Cycling the divide

University officials are holding a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday to unveil its new bike path along Johnston Street and Cajundome Boulevard, the second phase of a $1.2 million project designed to connect the Research Park and UL’s main campus.


State budget cuts could gut UMC programs

According to a 2009 economic impact study from the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, the local charity hospital sees more than 200,000 patients a year and provides medical education, including residencies, to more than 500 health care professionals annually.

 

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Home Bank earnings up

The Lafayette-based bank increased its revenues by 46 percent in December of last year as compared to earnings reported in December 2010.

Natural gas falls 12 cents to $2.60 mcf

After rebounding early in the week on word that companies were cutting production, natural gas prices fell to a 10-year low on a report of a supply glut.

Where’s Gabe (Part 2)?

Bako’s has already shut down, which could be a record for Lafayette’s most short-lived but highly anticipated restaurant venture.


CETCO adding 60 jobs

Oilfield services company’s new coiled tubing division adding to its almost 200-employee workforce.

 

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Festival International announces artwork

Thursday night's Festival fete in Parc International celebrated the 26th year of Festival International.

Evening reading at UL’s Griffin Hall

New Orleans writers and poets Dave Brinks and Megan Burns perform a poetry reading Friday night courtesy of the Deep South Reading Series.

ZooZoo coming to AcA

A zoo so nice they have to say it twice and perform two nights next week.


Locally made film nominated for Oscar

The short film premiered at last year's Cinema on the Bayou festival.

 

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Houston loves Lafayette — let's kiss!

Houston has proven itself to be downright neighborly, as the Houston Press gives Lafayette’s cuisine a great review in connection with Southern Living’s “Tastiest City in the South” contest.

A la carte carts to new locale

James Comeaux Road is the new home of longtime Oil Center business a la carte.

 

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Blood drive, fundraisers today and Sunday

Today from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. United Blood Services will be downtown in honor of Danny Morris and Nathan Crowson.

For Saints-9ers, seafood at stake

The mayors of the respective cities have placed some of their world-famous cuisine on the table, too.

Know thy governors

An online quiz sponsored by Louisiana Public Broadcasting could win you a copy of “Louisiana: A History,” a six-part series accompanied by a book, “Louisiana: An Illustrated History.”


Saints’ 2010 ‘ambush’ broken down in ‘Greatest Super Bowl Moments’

Out today, Jan. 3, "Greatest Super Bowl Moments" is a must-have DVD for Saints fans. The timing could not be better.

AJC: Pecking order established in NFC South

Is it just a coincidence the Saints have won three straight over the Falcons, a streak that began on the heels of Falcons receiver Roddy White’s imbecilic, barely comprehensible tweet a few days before last December’s Saints-Falcons game in the Georgia Dome?


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