Gov. Bobby Jindal appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press as a
surrogate for Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Jindal squared off
in debate against Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, who represented Democratic Party
nominee Barack Obama’s campaign. Both Jindal and Kaine were introduced as two governors
who were “on the short list” to be tapped for their party’s vice presidential
nomination. While Jindal seemed to hold his own against Kaine in debate, he
seems to have closed the door for good on speculation he may be joining McCain
on the Republican ticket. Jindal said “I don't want to be vice president” when asked
repeatedly by David Gregory if he was open to the possibility. Watch the video
here.
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.
Philip deMahy Sr., a once respected New Iberia ad exec, was sentenced May 2 to spend the next two years (he faced up to 100 years) in a state penitentiary after state and federal investigators found dozens of images depicting children engaged in lewd sexual acts on his personal computer.
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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