Editorial
Government projects on the move
Recent council meetings have included numerous contracts to begin engineering or construction work on needed infrastructure projects. […]
Editorial
Allen Lottinger
LSU fires knowledgeable hurricane researcher
A very respected spokesman on hurricane protection and coastal restoration in Louisiana has been fired from his job as research director at LSU. […]
Columns
Guaranteeing the guarantees
Occasionally you hear things that you find hard to believe. That happened recently when I heard the 44th President of the United States giving a government guarantee for the warranties of cars purchased from General Motors and Chrysler. […]
Allen Lottinger
There’s good and bad coming out of Washington
This new administration up in Washington is giving us plenty to talk and write about. […]
Editorial
Whose your momma?
As James Carville said in his talk to the Louisiana women in government, instead of Union, Justice and Confidence being the words to live by…it should have been Whose your momma? […]
Editorial
Parish mourns loss of young employee
U.S. flags in front of all St. Charles Parish government buildings were flown at half-mast last week to honor the memory of Jacque Griffin. […]
Editorial
Technology and human conception
When Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets earlier this year, the Internet was abuzz with debates about the reproductive technology industry. But the debates focused primarily on how many embryos should be allowed to be transferred to a woman’s body. […]
Allen Lottinger
Our state, city among the most dangerous
We became apprehensive earlier this week when a headline on the internet proclaimed the announcement of America’s most dangerous states and cities. […]
Columns
We were deceived again
Several months ago, I suggested using the $500 Million slush fund controlled by the ethically-challenged, head of economic development Stephen Moret to fill the projected shortfall in the state’s current Operating Budget rather than cutting higher education and healthcare. […]