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The Independent Weekly July 13, 2011

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Pen and Ink
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 By Dege Legg Photos by Travis Gauthier *Bearing the indelible mark of two decades behind bars, an ex-con sheds light on the economics of prison tattoos.* ... Read More >>

Selling Self-Determination
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 By Walter Pierce *Supporters of charter repeal are gearing up for the October vote.* ... Read More >>

The Down-Player
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 By Leslie Turk Opelousas’ mayor says he’s ‘pleased’ and ‘comfortable’ with an audit of financial transactions in his city, despite that it uncovered ethics violations and criminal conduct in his administration. Will he be as dismissive if federal investigators come calling? ... Read More >>

Pooyie 07.13.2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 C’EST BON State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell Monday issued a definitive opinion that Cypress Trails Limited Partnership... PAS BON The ugly knob just got cranked to 11 in the Zydeco Capital. COUILLON The pile-on of national notoriety for Louisiana is coming at a fleet clip. ... Read More >>

LET IT SNŌ!
The sno-cone machine is a Louisiana invention, and there is no shortage of choices in Lafayette to beat the heat and paint the tongue. By Anna Purdy Snowballs, snoballs, snow cones, sno-cones or the adult version: drive-through daiquiris. Whatever you want to call it or however you spell it, it’s needed in a Louisiana summer. ... Read More >>

Finds 07.13.11
VILLAGE CHOICE Sandwiches like the Monte Cristo, the Cuban and the Club are as classic to America as muscle cars and apple pie. The Reuben hails either from German immigrants in Oklahoma or New York from around 100 years ago, but the important thing is it hails your tastebuds. ... Read More >>

A&E Calendar for July 13-19
The Independent Weekly’s calendar features community events, performances, workshops, meetings and more. ... Read More >>

Party Girl 07.13.11

Well-wishers gathered at Le Centre Internationale de Lafayette to bid farewell to Consul General of France Olivier Brochenin, who was promoted to deputy chief of a mission of the French Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. But the real surprise was the medals of the French Embassy to the U.S. presented to Le Marquis de Lafayette committee co-chairs extraordinaire — first lady of Lafayette Lynne Durel and businesswoman Virginia Stuller — who organized more than 100 events to honor the 250th ann
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Glenn Stewart convicted

In rendering his ruling, District Judge John Trahan all but called the real estate developer a liar for inconsistencies in his accounts of what prompted him to punch a school teacher unconscious.
Dana Baker resigns from Festival International
Frank’s Casing Crew going public

Frank’s Casing Crew, now doing business as Frank’s International, will make its final appearance on ABiz’s list of the Top 50 Privately Held Companies in Acadiana this year, and once again it will likely be at the top with more than $1 billion in annual revenues. The 75-year-old company specializing in tubular fabrication and installation services to the oil and gas industry plans to offer shares of its stock to the public for the first time.
Landry, Pierre playing the blame game

The defeat, or rather highjacking of House Bill 420 in the final days of this year's Legislative Session, say Reps. Vincent Pierre and Terry Landry, is the result of the propaganda spread by one unidentified local media outlet and an unnamed former state Representative, but nothing to do with the original legislation's lack of checks, balances or details.
Shelvin loses cool, fails to disclose conflict

City-Parish Council Chairman Brandon Shelvin heaped steady doses of condescending ire on a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana executive while failing to reveal his financial ties to a BC/BS rival.

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The One Who Got Away

Abbeville native David Primeaux was a popular professor until his death late last year, and while he was successful at camouflaging a dark past, he couldn’t outlive it.
Fore!

Before District Attorney Mike Harson tees off for a fifth term in office, he should seriously consider what might be coming at him.
The Day Primeaux Died

Now we know why the former pedophile priest committed suicide late last year, and the story behind it is more riveting than his death.
Risky Business

Tehmi Chassion’s failure to recuse himself in the school board’s selection of a group health benefits provider raises ‘serious questions’ on whether he violated state ethics law.
Posthaste VS. DAVID EGAN

He’s a singer. A songwriter. A piano man. A family man. He’s even got his own Wikipedia entry. He’s David Egan. And he knows ancient secrets about the monolithic stones of Stonehenge that he’s not willing to share.