News -> Pooyie!

Pooyie 01.12.11

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Written by The Independent Staff

C’EST BON
It pains us Saints fans to say it, but kudos to Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Brandon Stokley. A former stand-out pass catcher at Comeaux High School and USL, Stokley had four receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown in Seattle’s 41-36 upset victory Saturday in the wildcard round of the playoffs. Stokley lost his father, former Ragin’ Cajuns head football coach and LSU quarterback Nelson Stokley, to Alzheimer’s Disease last year, and the wideout’s production has dropped precipitously since his stellar 2004 season (68 receptions, 1077 yards, 10 TDs catching passes from Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning) due to nagging injuries. He’s bounced around the league since then, with a stopover in Denver before being signed off the street by the Seahawks in late September. Stokley clearly has the Saints’ number: He gashed the Black & Gold for 76 yards on six receptions in the teams’ regular season game on Nov. 21. We hate you, Brandon Stokley!

PAS BON
Bath salts? Now we’re snorting bath salts? Louisiana isn’t shy about getting its buzz on, but this latest terror for parents and threat to the young and foolhardy — products sold in convenience stores and over the Internet under names such as “White Dove” and “Ivory Wave” — reaches a new low. Remember salvia? How about the faux marijuana “incense” banned last year by the Legislature? They have nothing on “bath salts.” Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office ordered the removal of these products from store shelves last week after learning that poison control hotlines had logged more than 167 distress calls from people suffering hallucinations and suicidal thoughts after ingesting the products. What’s more, 57 percent of the poisoning calls nationwide originated in Louisiana; the second-highest number, 23, occurred in Kentucky.

COUILLON
In shopping a potential television show about a savvy “street” attorney who goes to bat for the bad guys, Baton Rouge defense lawyer Peter Q. John, aka P’Ta Mon (not to be confused with pita bread, the Mediterranean staple), delivered a black eye to Lafayette’s legal community. In a three and half minute “trailer” on YouTube titled “Thug Law,” during which John enumerates the means by which he can get accused drug dealers off the hook, Lafayette Assistant District Attorney Patrick Magee and 15th Judicial District Judge Jules Edwards appear in the video in a less-than-flattering light. Magee’s cameo is highlighted by the quote, “My job obviously is to put your ass in jail; P’Ta’s job is to keep you out.” Edwards’ gem: “I absolutely believe in second chances. Uh ... I absolutely believe in third chances and fourth chances.” Both Magee and Edwards told The Advocate they were duped by John and the production company, which led them to believe they were filming a serious documentary about alternative programs in the judicial system. Context is everything. P’Ta Mon is the couillon here, but this sure doesn’t look good for Lafayette.

Articles by this Author:

View all articles by this author

Comments (6)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

...
written by A Lafayette Criminal Lawyer , January 12, 2011 - 06:48 pm

The honesty and integrity of Judge Jules Edwards and Assistant District Attorney Pat Magee are beyond reproach. Two good and decent men trying to see that justice truly works for all fell for the deceit of a self-promoting embarrassment to the legal profession. And that embarrassment from Baton Rouge is the only couillon in this story. AFB

...
written by Enough is enough , January 12, 2011 - 07:20 pm

Jules Edwards believes in first, second, third, and fourth chances for law breakers? When are they to be held accountable for their crimes? Magee does not come across as bad as does a sitting judge who very much appears to be in support of P'Ta Mon's quest for a sympathetic judge. This ad by Edwards has all of the appearances of impropriety and Edwards needs to be held accountable for it.

...
written by The thang about it is... , January 12, 2011 - 09:23 pm

Hmmmmm... Another criminal attorney. No wonder you take up for Edwards. Have you shopped and manuvered until you were able to have Edwards assigned to your case(s)? So it would seem. Anyway, if Edwards is so intelligent and is possessed of such integrity, what was he doing even entertaining the likes of P'Ta Mon? Enough is correct in that there was no attempt by Edwards to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. This incident bears a closer look by a judicial governing authority.

...
written by A Lafayette Criminal Lawyer , January 13, 2011 - 12:24 am

To "Enough is Enough" and "The thang about it.": Guilt by innuendo tarnishes the principles for which America stands. So even though our Constitution guarantees your freedom of speech, before writing in a way that disparages the reputations of good and decent people you might want to get your facts straight. And what you believe is no substitute for those facts.

...
written by The thang about it is... , January 13, 2011 - 10:33 am

There may be no substitute for facts. Hence, there is no excuse for poor judgement that constitutes the appearance of impropriety. THAT is a fact! If poor judgement is exercised in a situation such as Edwards appearing to endorse a criminal attorney, like you, then one must conclude that poor judgement will be exercised with regard criminal decisions from the bench. There. You can have the last word and do what you do best by attempting to distort the facts and change the focus.

...
written by BoFred , January 13, 2011 - 02:31 pm

Bath salts? Try duct tape??? That one threw me. How sad is your life that you would think, I'll roll up some duct tape and smoke it, see what it does to my body...

PEOPLE, CLEAN OUT YOUR MEDICINE CHESTS & KEEP A TIGHT EYE ON YOUR TEENS, cause the big threat to them is "Roxies", oxycontin or oxycodone - as best as I can understand. There are some kids crushing the pills and smoking it 'cause THEY BELIEVE IT WON'T SHOW UP IN A DRUG SCREEN!!! Lafayette is working on a big, bad problem of meth use and heroin use, because when those kids can't get the roxies, they'll be addicted to opiates and looking for heroin.... so the bath salts will be a pimple on their a$$ compared to heroin... which brings up a question to me: do you think we don't hear about those drug busts anymore because there are no drugs in Lafayette parish????

You must be logged in to post a comment. Log in using your Facebook account or register if you do not have an account yet.

Read the Flipping Paper!

Click Here for the Entire Print Version of
IND Monthly

Most Read

Alex Lege: 'The Cop Watcher'

Is it a crime for citizens to photograph, video, or take notes of a police officer in the line of duty, or a right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Locally, such activity, as witnessed recently, will at the very least result in a night spent behind bars.
David Calhoun, ‘EB’ Brooks join Lafayette Central Park

David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
Update: PXP creating 600 jobs averaging 100k

At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
Today in awesome: ESA’s Caffery wins fellowship

Episcopal School of Acadiana’s Dr. Joshua Caffery, chair of the school’s English Department, is headed to Washington, D.C., and the Library of Congress as the latest winner of the Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies.
Zachary Barker takes helm of the Opportunity Machine

Zachary Barker continues making waves in Lafayette’s business scene, mostly recently being named director of the Opportunity Machine.

in case you missed it

COOL TOWN 2013

This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A curious compact

A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
Pooyie 2012

It's good, it's bad and it's just plain crazy.
Saving Saturday Night

An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Posthaste vs. HART FORTENBERY

Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.