Letter to the Editor
Heather R. Breaux’s story on my new book was great
Editor: The article your Lifestyles Editor, Heather R. Breaux, wrote about me and my new book was absolutely wonderful. […]
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Letter to the Editor
Lovebirds who fell in love in jail … wonderful!
Editor: Your story on Patricia and Kevin Bartley, the couple who fell in love in prison, was heartwarming. It made me feel good to think that people could lift themselves up in that way. […]
Letter to the Editor
Crime’s out of control, but Jindal’s got a plan
The first days of 2007 were filled with numerous reports of murders in New Orleans, with the number of those killed reaching in the double digits even before the second week of the year had concluded. One shooting even occurred as the victim was holding his two-year-old son and watched as his Harvard-educated wife was gunned down. […]
Letter to the Editor
Gun control doesn’t work
But a federal bill – H.R. 256: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007 – could change gun law. Read more about this legislation at: […]
Letter to the Editor
Homestead exemption needs our attention
Editor: I am writing as many others may be or want to about the homestead exemption.I understand that it has been $75,000 since 1982. If we are going to appraise on today’s values, which are probably double or more since the 1982 appraisals, why shouldn’t the homestead exemption be $150,000 or more? […]
Letter to the Editor
I’m not keen on school millage increase
In the Jan. 18, 2007 issue of your newspaper, the St. Charles Parish school board said if voters fail to renew two separate millages on March 31, 2007, schools could go bankrupt or close and teachers might have to be fired. […]
Letter to the Editor
The tip of the spear of freedom … the historical black church
Langston Hughes once said, “We are not where we ought to be, we are not where we should be, but thank God we are not where we were.”
Yes let us thank God. […]
Letter to the Editor
Our Readers Write
Dear Editor: The Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team did a bang-up job arresting that gun suspect in Luling a week or so ago. I liked your story, too, although your …… photograph on the front page showed a training exercise, not the bust itself. Nice work, though. The story had details I didn’t see anywhere else. – Jaheem Mullins, Ama […]
Editorial
At the sound of the beep
Comments are transcribed from the answering machine on our comment line at 985-783-8181.Editor: Your story on the “business incubator” in Norco that will help ordinary people produce and market homemade recipes like hot sauce and pecan pralines was an eye opener. I haven’t lived in St. Charles Parish for long, but that incubator is very progressive. […]