Editorial
| Education change will test Jindal December 09, 2011 at 9:58 am By John Maginnis Bobby Jindal is not the first governor to make education a top priority. Few haven’t. The dean of the Legislature, Sen. John Alario, says he has voted for "every education reform" past governors have come up with. "But all of that doesn’t seem to have worked at this point," he lamented. |
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| Is the Green Wave getting ready to roll? December 09, 2011 at 9:56 am We know this is a bad time to boost the expectations of Tulane athletics with the LSU Tigers about to win the national football championship. But it doesn’t take away any of such glory by contemplating the good that could evolve. |
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| Yes, Garland, people do read papers December 02, 2011 at 9:36 am Ho, ho, ho! |
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| State benefits while politicians feud December 02, 2011 at 9:36 am By John Maginnis The principle that the greater good is best achieved when all parties set aside petty differences and personal agendas often is, in real life, over-rated. Louisiana government, for instance, has been getting along quite well for years without its top political leaders getting along. |
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| What cuts? November 23, 2011 at 10:32 am The latest enactment of kicking the fiscal can down the road in Washington is drawing to a close. |
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| Election abuse lowers voter turnout November 23, 2011 at 10:32 am Secretary of State Tom Schedler, in a column in Thursday’s Baton Rouge paper bemoaned the poor turnout (36 percent) in our most recent statewide election. He predicted it will be even lower (20 percent or less) in last Saturday’s election. Schedler suggests the problem is "voter fatigue." |
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| Occupying Wall St. not helpful November 23, 2011 at 10:31 am Protests that have been going on in big cities around the country are a waste of time and energy. |
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| Change in higher education November 11, 2011 at 10:41 am By John Maginnis Formation of yet another state commission to study the governance of higher education should induce such yawns as elicited by your most boring professor. Can’t we just cut to the chase to where the Legislature kills the bill and skip the dreary futility in between? |
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| Coastal restoration can help stop oil spills, too November 11, 2011 at 10:40 am There has been criticism of the building of berms along the Louisiana coast following the oil spill last year, claiming they failed to stop the oil flowing into the coast and are beginning to break up. The main purpose of the berms was to stop the oil but a secondary desire was to help stop the erosion that is destroying the coast. |
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| Education races start to matter October 21, 2011 at 9:31 am By John Maginnis Years ago, an aspiring young legislator contemplating his next move was advised to run for the Board of Elementary Secondary Education as a stepping stone, perhaps, for Congress or statewide office. |
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| Amendment recommendations October 21, 2011 at 9:30 am Many of you have been emailing to ask how you should vote on the five proposed Constitutional Amendments on the Oct. 22 ballot. |
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| Are we all spiritually derailed? October 14, 2011 at 9:16 am God has created each of us with a very special purpose and mission in life; and if we strive to live it, we will find fulfillment and contentment no matter how bad things seem around us.* |
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| Putting the BESE races into perspective October 14, 2011 at 9:15 am The elections for members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or BESE, are usually ho-hum affairs that do little to capture the attention of voters. Most individuals know little about the role BESE plays in K-12 education in Louisiana. |
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| Luling pump station upgraded October 14, 2011 at 9:13 am By Renee Simpson For many years the Coronado Park subdivision, a group of five streets located on Luling’s border with Boutte, has been ground-zero for both street and home flooding. A new round of drainage infrastructure improvements aims to help alleviate those concerns. |
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| Demise of the dollar one of issues on rise September 30, 2011 at 10:08 am It is depressing to watch the continued erosion of the proud currency that was once known as “King Dollar.” As this column is being written, it costs $1.50 to purchase one Euro, and the Canadian dollar-once the junior partner to the American dollar-now trades at $1.05. The dollar is suffering from two major factors: the continuing flood of debt caused by excessive federal spending and the Federal Reserve Board’s policies of pumping up the money supply and keeping interest rates excessively low. |
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| How they got their starts in politics September 30, 2011 at 10:07 am By John Maginnis On a quiet week-day morning at the home office a few months ago came a knock at the door and, with it, my first personal contact with the great non-campaign of 2011. |
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| 2 black candidates to vie for president? September 30, 2011 at 10:05 am There was one contender in the Republican presidential debate last week that stood out above all others. He was outspoken on just about every issue that faced the voters. He was firm in his faith that federal government’s main job is to protect the lives and freedoms of its people. He opposed the largesse of government that interfered with the ability of its citizens to lead their own lives. He had a definite plan, called 9-9-9 that could eliminate our tax inequities. |
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| Effort to make, and tell, the difference September 23, 2011 at 9:54 am By John Maginnis In an effort to ramp up the excitement over the secretary of state debate held last week, Jean Armstrong, of the sponsoring League of Women Voters of Louisiana, reminded the audience that the occupant of the office “is only two heartbeats away from being governor.” She tried, anyway. |
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• Good Citizenship award
• St. Charles Borromeo Geography Bee representative
• Satellite Center faculty honor retiring superintendent
• HHS teacher recieves “Lowes Toolbox” grant
• Seventh grade whiz kid stuns teachers, parents with ACT score
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