NOTE TO GOV: SHUT UP AND LISTEN Last week, op-ed page columnist Lanny Keller of The Advocate nailed — in his distinctive, witty style — what is probably the biggest obstacle facing our enormously talented, freshly minted young governor in his ...
COUNCILMAN OPPOSES BOND ISSUE There was little discussion when the city-parish council voted this week to schedule a parish-wide election in April for a new $26 million bond proposal — to be paid back with existing tax revenue — for road and bridge ...
LA. AND ILL. BATTLE FOR ‘MOST CORRUPT’ TITLE At a press conference last week detailing allegations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly try to auction off his appointment of President-Elect Barack Obama’s successor in the U.S. Senate ...
GOP CELEBRATES BIG CONGRESSIONAL WINS Nationally, the Republican Party may be in disarray after a disappointing election year in which Democrats won the White House and picked up seats in both houses of Congress. In Louisiana, however, it’s been ...
DUREL’S WISHLIST TO OBAMA Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel was one of more than 200 U.S. mayors to participate in a recent msnbc.com survey about what city leaders want from President-elect Barack Obama. Msnbc.com writes that it “queried ...
Moon Griffon gets roasted and more SCHOOL BOARD, COUNCIL TO BEGIN JOINT MEETINGS The Lafayette Parish School Board and the Lafayette Consolidated Council, along with City-Parish President Joey Durel and UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie, have agreed ...
GOP looking to Jindal, Moon Griffon no longer a Republican and more GOP LOOKING TO JINDAL There’s no shortage of stories this week about the national Republican Party’s soul searching in the wake of Tuesday’s election losses. The inevitable ...
Jindal's favorable ratings drop and more JINDAL’S FAVORABLE RATINGS DROPPING When you’re at the top, as they say, there’s nowhere to go but down. Just ask GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose superstar poll numbers are finally beginning to reveal ...
Two councilmen take pay raise, Esquire backs Boustany and more Two councilmen take pay raise Lafayette City-Parish Councilmen Kenneth Boudreaux and Brandon Shelvin will be making $2,317 more than their peers on the council in the coming year ...
Nancy Landry picking up big endorsements, Michele Ezell appointed to city-parish council and more Nancy Landry picking up big endorsements District 31 state representative hopeful Nancy Landry is cementing her frontrunner status with the type of ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
