There still appears to be a sense of shock among the conservative community in Baton Rouge over the hefty 10.6-mill tax increase passed over the weekend to support the city’s nearly-useless Capitol Area Transit System. Few actually expected the tax to ... »
With a bill to accomplish more of this headed for committee discussion this week, it’s time again to talk about privatization of prisons and reconfiguration of the system, so that means a rehash of the uninformed, nonsensical, and silly arguments made ... »
Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sutherland Global Services executive Jim Myers joined Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy and Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance CEO Jim Clinton to announce that Sutherland will open a 600-job BPO Operations Center in... »
After six years of blogging about Louisiana and, particularly, politics and government in Central Louisiana, this story takes the cake; it is, without question, the biggest news I have ever had the opportunity to exclusively report. It involves the for... »
FINANCE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE In a strange move, the Alexandria City Council approved the hiring of two lawyers, Misty Antoon and Mr. Tim Hardy, without their rates being specified and leaving it up to Alexandria City Attorney Chuck Johnson to de... »
After there being no online City Notebook last week by Town Talk reporter Bret McCormick, one appears today. Welcome back Bret. QUE'IN ON THE RED Bret continues with his job of painting Alexandria Mayor Jacques M. Roy and his administration in a false ... »
Alexandria Mayor Jacques Maurice Roy has a bicycle path planned for Bolton Ave. (See: "Our View: Movement on retooling Bolton Avenue in Alexandria is welcome"). This has been a long held plan of Jacques' to turn Alexandria into a pedestrian and bicycle... »
The Pineville City Council has approved a resolution allowing Mayor Clarence Fields to purchase two pieces of vacant land near the Jackson Street Bridge. »
