Allen Lottinger
Constitutional amendments: Ideas for voting
This newspaper doesn’t usually tell readers how to vote. We prefer to lay out the facts of the issues and let them make their selections. […]
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Note to politicians and bureaucrats: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’
Why is it that only politicians and government bureaucrats have the solutions to big problems in Louisiana? […]
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Charity Hospital needs to be in our healthcare future
Almost 10 months ago, I was asked to serve on what became the Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative. […]
Allen Lottinger
Start getting prepared for the election ahead
St. Charles Parish residents will go to the polls November 7 probably in lesser numbers than they did on September 30. At that time, almost 7,000 people voted here. […]
Columns
Will business and industry go on the offensive for tax reform in 2007?
BATON ROUGE — It was a policy milestone for business and industry in 2004 when the state legislature approved a long-range phase-out of taxes on corporate debt and manufacturing equipment. […]
Columns
Ernest Hemingway said:
There has been a lot of motion, but little action when it comes to addressing the tax that people in Louisiana have been saddled with on their Homeowners’ Insurance policies to pay for the debt of the Citizens Fund Insurance. […]
Columns
The Katrina Factor meets politics
Two interesting sources of information came to light during the past week. One was the most scientific estimate made thus far on what is the true post-Katrina population of Orleans Parish. […]
Allen Lottinger
How could anyone dislike the Amish?
How anyone can pump bullets into the bodies of young Amish girls is beyond comprehension. They are among the finest people on earth. […]
Allen Lottinger
Amendments could help save coast
It used to be voters in Louisiana voted consistently against proposed constitutional amendments. That’s when they had up to 52 proposals for voters to meditate on while in the voting booth. […]