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Tea Time?
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Fresh off perceived victories in the Oct. 22 primary, Tea Party Republicans look to increase their influence in Lafayette Consolidated Government. But the centrists are fighting back. . ... Read More >>

Sunbeam Saga

news.1 Wednesday, November 9, 2011

As the likelihood of a costly lawsuit against LCG over a now-blocked waste transfer facility ramps up, the story of how the deal was cut gets weirder. By Heather Miller

Sunbeam Lane residents have waged a legitimate and so-far successful battle over the construction of a trash facility in their north Lafayette neighborhood, but weeks after the City-Parish Council took action on the project and thanks in part to the pre-election day timing of the controversy — th
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Pooyie November 9, 2011

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

C'est Bon
For the second time this year a district court judge in Baton Rouge has put the kabosh on Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin’s bid to keep a 550-pound Bengal-Siberian tiger in captivity as a roadside attraction at his Grosse Tete business skirting Interstate 10.

Pas Bon
It’s not surprising that Louisiana is among fewer than two dozen U.S. states that still allow corporal punishment in public schools.

Couillon
The months-long search for a new superinte

Facing the Music

How one hometown hero deals with making it big
By Emily Henagan • Photos by Scott Clause

Wearing a midnight-colored henley and faded dark denim as he’s greeted with deafening screeches from his predominately female audience at Crowley’s Rice Theatre, Hunter Hayes certainly looks the part of the next country heartthrob. He also possesses a savoir faire that is unparalleled, one that makes this Breaux Bridge native apt to handle the spotlight while still keeping his loca

ArtWalk returns Saturday
The Second Saturday ArtWalk returns to Jefferson Street and environs with the usual assortment of fine art and music at galleries, restaurants and cafés downtown. ... Read More >>

Finds 11.09.11
SAVOY SAVVY Valcour Records continues to reinforce its claim as the premier label for Cajun and Creole music. Begun five years ago by co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Joel Savoy... ... Read More >>

Party Girl 11.09.11
Vamps and vampires gathered at Keith’s Ballroom for the Vampire’s Ball benefitting the Children’s Shelters of Acadiana Youth. ... Read More >>

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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.