| Jindal's Fuzzy Math |
 The Republican wunderkind has failed Louisiana as a fiscal steward.
By JEREMY ALFORD
When Gov. Bobby Jindal took office in January 2008, he inherited a state budget that included a $1 billion surplus. During these tough economic times, that seems like a distant memory, almost a fairy tale, yet it was only four years ago.
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| RE: Throwing My Weight(ed Vote Idea) Around. Again |
 Politics making strange bedfellows is an abused cliche, but truth can often be divined in its bruises. The 5-4 vote hanging over the fate of the traffic camera program in Lafayette is proof.
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| The Kids Will Be Pissed |
 Lafayette’s new superintendent wants the school system to get between students and illegal drug use.
By Heather Miller
This story is the second in a two-part series on Pat Cooper’s turnaround plan.
For every 300 students drug tested in the Central Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish, five test positive for illegal substances, according to a September 2010 report from Baton Rouge’s WBRZ. Whether that number is lower in Lafayette Parish middle and high schools will likely be ...
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| Pooyie 05.09.12 |
 Wednesday, May 9, 2012
C'EST BON
Nearly 15 years in the making and created out of the tragedy of beloved Lafayette musician (and physician) Tommy Comeaux’s death in a cycling accident in 1997, a bachelor’s degree in traditional music — read, Cajun and zydeco — is nearly a reality at UL Lafayette.
PAS BON
Local officials appear to have been simply doing their jobs in the case involving allegations of inappropriate touching by a Lafayette teacher — except for the police department...
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| On the Horizon: Grads in Trad |
 Traditional music degree on tap at UL.
By Dominick Cross
In a 1965 editorial, titled “They Call That Music??!!” Burton Grindstaff wrote in the Opelousas Daily World: “Cajuns brought some mighty fine things down from Novia [sic] Scotia with them, including their jolly selves, but their so-called music is one thing I wish they hadn’t.”
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| Noise Maker: Lottie Beebe |
 LOTTIE BEEBE
Don’t let the sweet Cajun accent fool you: District 3 BESE Representative Lottie Beebe is a feisty grandmother — and she’s no stranger to fighting the state education powers that be.
A former teacher and current supervisor for the St. Martin Parish School Board, Beebe has been referred to by The Times-Picayune as perhaps “the last voice of opposition” on a state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that’s widely known for marching lockstep behind the agendas of Go...
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| It Takes a Village |
A Northside institution opens its ovens on Kaliste Saloom Road.
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| Al Fresco All Year Long |
 Speaking of outdoor dining, Romacelli is tops in this town — even in the hottest summer months.
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| Off the Record 05.09.12 |
At the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Russ Lay, a friend from my Kellam High School days in Virginia Beach, Va., wrote the following on Facebook: “Yvette Landry...real honky tonk music.” I wrote and asked him to tell her hi. He responded with: “She is really good.”
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| App for Dat: Casting Call |
With a fledgling motion picture industry spreading its wings in Lafayette and across Louisiana, keeping up with productions requires more than word of mouth.
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| Party Girl 05.09.12 |
Lafayette’s fashion-forward men and women and philanthropic supporters packed the Feed & Seed downtown for Hemline’s semi-annual fashion show.
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