Editorial
Come celebrate at the Bridge Park tonight
Come out and celebrate. It’s July 3. If you’re reading this column, I’m most likely out at the West Bank Bridge Park helping to set up for our annual Independence Day Celebration. […]
Government
Allen Lottinger
There’s important business ahead for Jindal
Now that Gov. Bobby Jindal has gotten that legislative pay raise off his back by vetoing the measure, he needs to get back to the most important business facing the state. And that is preservation and restoration of the coast. […]
Government
St. Pierre: Parish vehicles costing too much money
Some parish workers will no longer be able to take their government-owned vehicles home with them anymore because it was costing tax payers too much money.
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Government
Spillway Road should be fixed before school starts
For a majority of the year, the Bonnet Carré Spillway road serves as a pathway to school for 321 students each and every weekday. […]
Business
Government jobs empty
The St. Charles Parish Public Works Department needs 22 workers to help complete parish projects, but no one is applying for the jobs despite the promise of stability and other benefits packages. […]
Columns
Is nationalization of industry on the agenda in Washington?
I had to shake my head and refocus my eyes when I read the following words from a news story: “House Democrats responded to President Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling…. Among other things, the Democrats called for government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.” […]
Allen Lottinger
Big pay raise not what the governor ordered
Term limits created an almost completely new legislature this year. That legislature’s exuberance in wanting to get a big raise right off the bat may create an almost new legislature next time, too. […]
Government
Employment shortage or not?
All over the country, the cries and woes of financial difficulties echo from almost every corner. Rising gas prices, grocery bills, and home foreclosures bring to the forefront news that the economy is in trouble – or is it? […]
Government
Who’s watching who?
The St. Charles Parish government has the authority to view their employee’s email and Internet history because of an agreement those workers signed when they were first hired. […]