Editorial
New Geymann rule rules in budget debate
The confusion and frustration that engulfed the House of Representatives the day before could not dim the sunny attitude and beaming smile of Rep. Brett Geymann. […]
Opinions & Responses
Columns
Focus on temporary revenue in crunch time
It was quite a week on the fiscal front at the state Legislature. Accusations and epithets were flying as crunch time began to approach in the effort to reconcile state spending with the amount of revenues that has been certified as being available to place in the budget.
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Allen Lottinger
Area would benefit from rapid rail
In some ways, southeast Louisiana, with St. Charles Parish in the middle, has become one big metropolitan area. Just look at the figures.
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Opinions & Responses
‘Tis the season to be prepared
Whew! We got through the high river water so far with not too much damage. Just in time to introduce the 2011 Hurricane Season. […]
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor 5-27-2011
A letter from Paul Hogan, Councilman District IV
Dear Editor,
To the residents of the Sunset Drainage District, Parish President V.J. St. Pierre and I have developed two amendments that the Parish President will have added to Senate Bill 261 which allows for the Council to replace the Board of Commissioners with the Council should the day come that the residents of the District and the Council are confident that the area will see greater benefits in flood protection to the District from both tidal and rainfall events. […]
Columns
Rainwater doesn’t understand his job
The Associated Press’s Melinda Deslatte wrote a column about the scare tactics being used by Commissioner of Administration (“COA”) Paul Rainwater and other state agency heads as a result of the actions of the House Appropriations Committee.
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Columns
Our business climate matters
The current national economic downturn is the worst the nation has experienced since the economic malaise of the early 1980s. Many of us in Louisiana remember well how that terrible recession and the plunge in energy prices devastated our state’s economy. […]
Opinions & Responses
With all the problems, it’s still a wonderful world
As the Mighty Mississippi rolls through southeast Louisiana, it is gratifying to see that what could have been may not happen. […]
Allen Lottinger
Abandoned rigs are beneficial to Gulf
Believe it or not, one of the best things to happen in the Gulf of Mexico in past decades has been the drilling for oil there.
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