The Los Angeles Times traveled to Crowley to get locals’ take on former Gov. Edwin Edwards’ freedom after eight years — and his plans for the future.
The Lafayette Charter Commission, through City-Parish Attorney Pat Ottinger, requested an opinion from the AG’s office a few months ago on whether a sitting council’s job description can be modified based on the results of a city-wide or parish-wide referendum concerning the Lafayette Home Rule Charter.
Using 2000 census numbers, demographer Mike Hefner believes the parish districts can be redrawn to address city of Lafayette autonomy.
Former Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Chris Williams is expected to be a guest on KJCB radio, 770 AM, Monday morning to address the state’s Compliance Audit of the Lafayette Housing Authority.
Alas for the ancient trees of Acadiana.
Roughly 600 Acadiana residents including area political leaders, educators and UL officials attended two screenings of the acclaimed 2010 documentary.
An agreement between power company Cleco Corp.and the town of Mandeville, inked in August, has resulted in a wind turbine pilot project, which goes on line today.
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards was released from the federal detention center in Oakdale in the dark hours Thursday morning and driven two hours east to a Baton Rouge halfway house where he will spend the next few months
Kent Mercier, a former Lafayette lawyer, pleaded guilty to misusing about $77,000 in trust funds from the accounts of several former clients, The Advocate reported Tuesday.
The newspaper closes its brief report with, “It is unclear whether [Athletic Director Dave] Brandon offered the job to Miles or they could not work out an agreement.”
Since a May 2010 fire at The Recycling Foundation, recycled trash has been piling up at the Lafayette facility.
MAY 22 This post was written the day after the second line shooting in NOLA, by Brentin Mock. Mock is a friend of Deb "Big Red" Cotton, a blogger who was shot in the back and was seriously injured. It is a raw, emotional piece of writing, something the writer obviously felt he needed to get off his chest. But it raises questions that can't be easily dismissed, and might give some insight into where the source of these events truly is.
MAY 22 In this Baton Rouge Business Report post, Rolfe McCollister considers the privatization of bus service in Baton Rouge. After decades of under-funding, it is a mess, and although a tax (partially) passed last year, improvement hasn't happened yet. McCollister apparently feels it is time to let private business get in on the transit business.
MAY 22 This post on Bayou Buzz by Jeff Crouere urges the defeat of a bill that would grant modest pay increases over the next several years to the state's judges and clerks of court. The state is in no position to fund pay hikes, Crouere argues, with the pay increases costing a total of $9 million over several years. It sends the wrong message to the (proverbial) hard-working people of Louisiana, he says.
MAY 22 The Advocate reports here that State Treasurer John Kennedy is complaining about a meeting of the corporation that oversees the state's tobacco settlement. The Governor wanted it restructured, and he has some support, but not a lot. The corporation agreed with his plan, but Kennedy didn't, and it appears that the meeting was noticed in a manner completely different than that of all previous meetings. Kennedy's given to hyperbole, but in this case the fish don't smell too fresh.
MAY 22 In this Advocate story, Carencro Police Chief Carlos Stout says the recent federal indictment of a strip club owner is all wrong. The indictment alleges that drugs and prostitution went on with impunity because club staff made arrangements with "local" police. Stout says it never happened, and while his cops do work security in the parking lot, they're not allowed inside.
MAY 22 This amusing post in DIG Baton Rouge recounts an ad that ran on Craig's List recently; the advertiser was seeking tenants for a Beauregard Town house. He knew his market, and wrote an ad that the most ironical hipster couldn't resist. Apparently, he really did know his market, because the ad worked like a charm.
MAY 22 In this post in The Lens, Mark Moseley comments on the rhetoric Gov. Jindal employed in trying to save his tax "reform" package. One interesting point concerns Jindal's use of his brother, Nikesh, in a little story. Nikesh left Louisiana because of his inability to get a decent job, the story goes, but the story won't hold water: Nikesh lives in DC, which has an income tax level comparable to Louisiana, Moseley says. If income taxes caused the dismal situation, it should exist in DC too. Right?
MAY 22 This post by columnist John Maginnis traces the trajectory of the bill that would fund construction at community and technical colleges -- and bypass the Board of Regents and traditional higher ed funding mechanisms. Sure, it will bust the legislature's self-imposed debt limit, but some leges feel that there's more need (because there is more growth) in the community and technical college area than in the university area, he says.
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