Rudolph Giuliani may be giving the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month, but Gov. Bobby Jindal is still scheduled to address the convention on Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Minneapolis.
Jindal's appearance is thought to be the first time in modern history that a Louisiana governor has landed a prominent speaking role at either major party convention.
"In my lifetime, I don't remember anyone, No. 1, being one of the main players. ... No. 2 having a major role," pollster Bernie Pinsonat said.
The nation's youngest governor at 37, Jindal for weeks has been mentioned as a potential McCain running mate, and if not put on the ticket, a likely choice for the keynote spot or other top billing at the convention.
Buzz on both fronts has centered on Jindal's youth, his self-styled political identity as an agent of change and the diversity he brings to a party whose leadership is dominated by men of European descent. Jindal is the first person of Indian descent elected to lead an American state.
All of the other prominently mentioned vice presidential possibilities are listed as speakers, though it is not clear whether any besides Jindal have slots during the hours slated for network television broadcast.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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