| A Real Class Act |
 Acadian Ambulance is again under fire for its billing practices, and this time tens of thousands of Louisiana residents could be lining up for reimbursement through a class action lawsuit.
By Walter Pierce and Leslie Turk • Photos by Robin May
For Acadian Ambulance, a several-million-dollar judgment against it in a civil suit would be little more than an irritant; it’s the largest privately held ambulance company in the United States, part of a medical, safety, transportation and education ent...
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| Not So Secret Cajun Man |
A most peculiar set of court transcripts confirms that the private eye tied to a federal investigation involving the district attorney’s office has faced the feds before.
By Heather Miller
Robert Williamson, the “Secret Cajun Man” whose name has surfaced in a federal investigation involving 15th Judicial District Attorney Mike Harson’s office, has a long — and rather bizarre — history with federal courts in Louisiana.
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| Pooyie 03.14.12 |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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Freshman state Rep. Stephen Ortego is teaming up with Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Pat Cooper in an innovative attempt to bring Cooper’s proven model of school-based health and wellness to Lafayette Parish.
Pas Bon
Gov. Bobby Jindal sent “a chilling message,” as gubernatorial gadfly/blogger C.B. Forgotston aptly put it, when he fired the executive director of the state Office of Elderly Affairs last week after she spoke candidly ...
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| Louis “Papa Lou” Michot Jr., 1922-2012 |
Oilman Paul Hilliard on his longtime friend, the former state superintendent of education who will be remembered as much for his civic engagement as for his long list of business ventures and legislative accomplishments
About 25 years ago Louie Michot and I were at a wake for a mutual friend and after discussing our mutual aversion to funeral homes, Louie said, “If you don’t come to my funeral, then I don’t have to come to yours.”
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| A Change in Perspective |
 Fate, or simply life itself, has a way of changing one’s chosen course. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, either.
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| Pinch Me, I'm Irish! |
When I raise a glass this year to dear St. Patrick and the magical isle of my birth, the question of why America celebrates St. Patrick’s Day will be far from my thoughts.
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| Party Girl 03.14.12 |
The Krewe of Carnivale en Rio stayed true to its reputation for throwing the best party in town before this year’s parade with an early afternoon celebration at Pour.
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