| Out of Line |
 Wednesday, Novemver 23, 2011
Broussard is about to get a “substantial” bill from Lafayette Utilities System, and its wholesale contract with LUS could be in jeopardy. By Walter Pierce
A hearty guffaw bursts through the phone line. At the other end is Broussard Mayor Charlie Langlinais, who is in New York City at the time on a business trip.
“If owe them money I don’t have a problem paying them now, up front or we can work it out over ... Joey Durel! [Langlinais laughs again] $800,000?!” ...
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| Unapologetic, Unorthodox — and Unemployed |
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Even in defeat, state Rep. Rickey Hardy has no regrets. By Heather Miller
Political observers have never denied that in his almost two decades of public office, state rep. Rickey Hardy has been bold, sincere and unyielding in his often controversial endeavors that began on the Lafayette Parish School Board and four years ago moved to the Louisiana Legislature.
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| Pooyie November 23, 2011 |
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
C'est Bon
Whodathunkit?
Pas Bon
While football fans in Lafayette are on top of the world these days with the unparalleled success of the Cajuns (not to mention the Tigers and Saints), golfers got a dose of bitter reality last week when venerable Acadian Hills Country Club became the first golf course in Lafayette Parish history to close, succumbing to a grim reality:
Couillon
One step forward, one step back.
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| Party Girl 11.23.11 |
The Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic celebrated its 18th anniversary with a reception honoring its board, staff, volunteers and patients from the current clinic and its predecessor, St. Ann’s Infirmary...
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| Find 11.23.11 |
HE SAID, SHE SAID
When R. Reese Fuller elected to move from journalism to teaching — the former Independent managing editor parted ways with us in the spring of 2009 after accepting a job teaching English and American history at Episcopal School of Acadiana — Lafayette lost a savvy journalist and gifted storyteller...
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| Music is the Medicine |
Dr. Tommy Comeaux’s legend plays on. By Anna Purdy
If the measure of a man is how well he treats his friends, a new ruler needs to be made for the late Tommy Comeaux. Fifteen years after his death, both friends and strangers revere and remember Comeaux.
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