Once again the Lafourche Parish Council gets it wrong. After 33 years of having a Council-President form of government, they still think Lafourche Parish is using a Police Jury system, like our neighbors in Assumption Parish. At its regularly scheduled meeting on October 27, 2009, the council decided to push for an amendment to the parish charter that would reduce...

I had the opportunity today to attend the opening session of First Tuesdays : “Spirituality in the City” Co-sponsored by Jesuit Church, Loyola Institute for Ministry, and The Catholic Book Store, the sessions are “an annual interfaith series promoting dialogue and understanding on topics of spirituality” The speaker today was Reverend Henry Hudson of Trinity Episcopal Church. He had a...

The Louisiana Homestead Exemption is an antiquated piece of legislation that hinders the ability of Louisiana to attract new businesses and fund government services. Created back in the days of the Great Depression, the Homestead Exemption has helped make parish assessors some of the strongest government officials within their local parish. Since property taxes were based on the value of...

Alert the CDC - Maureen Dowd is Contagious The Centers for Disease Control needs to be alerted - there's no doubt Maureen Dowd has come down with a dangerous and contagious affliction . In her latest syndicated editorial, she states Congressman Joe Wilson's blurted interruption of Obama's speech was a “racist” comment. Now, besides the “fact” that Congressman Wilson's outburst...

The below commentary has been written in response to an article by Patricia Barry in the current issue of the AARP Bulletin. The article by Ms. Barry claims to be an unbiased account of what's really in the proposed healthcare reform legislation, also known as HR 3200, and how opposition to the bill is based on lies and hype to...

I manage an email list of current and former residents of St. Bernard Parish. Although the list is predominately about the people and events of St. Bernard, we do veer off into state and national politics. St. Bernard is a very much a “red” parish and most of the commenters on the list have problems understanding the mindset of Democrats...

In a special election to fill State Senate District 20, recently vacated by former Senator Reggie Dupre, State Representative Damon Baldone (District 53), wants to use the difference in voter turnout between those north of the Intracoastal Waterway and those south of it. In an interview with the Tri-Parish Times newspaper, Baldone is claiming low-voter turnout and being the only...

In an email conversation that took place following the previous blog post, “Proposition: Would you become my slave?”, it quickly turned into an argument about presidential religious practices. While answering a question, the difference between Republican and Democrat presidential religious practices suddenly dawned on me. In a nutshell, Democrat presidents pronounce a belief in faith and openly go to religious...

The following is a guest posting by John Scurich, a friend of mine from back in St. Bernard Parish. Let's make a deal? Would you sell yourself to me? Literally, I mean would you become my slave and I your master? Here's the deal...and we'll sign legal documents before lawyers to make it all legal. You sign yourself over to...

As with most people who discuss politics, I group people as either conservative or liberal. But, I found that some of the folks I discussed politics often had different views of what being conservative or liberal was. Before we go any further, for those that don't know me, I consider myself conservative. If you want to get a little more...

In one of those rare &ldgt;stream of consciousness&rdqt; moments the other day, I was thinking about an article that appeared in the Daily Comet nearly a year ago. A barber was given a citation for cutting hair on a Monday which was illegal because of a law within the city limits of Houma, La. As can be expected, there were...

You're at home enjoying the evening. Suddenly you start feeling the pangs of a heart attack. Do you call 911 or check your bank account first? If you answered bank account, it's not because you're worried about a hospital bill, it's because you're worried about a 911 bill. There are certain things that each level of government is suppose to...

We've all seen those checks come in the mail. You know the ones, usually for a couple of dollars, maybe even as much as ten or twenty. Once you deposit the check your long-distance service gets switched over to some fly-by-night company that's now charging you $20 a month and you don't even make any long-distance phone calls. At least...

One of biggest goals among liberals is to drastically change, if not outlaw, the right to own guns. The number one argument is that if you outlaw guns then criminals will not be able to own guns meaning they won't be able to use them to further their criminal pursuits. What these gun control advocates fail to see is that...

A quick note before reading the main text: This is more of a ramble than anything else. I haven't linked to any articles like I usually do, mainly because I'm still trying to overcome a sinus infection. There are a bunch of tangents in here and over time I intend to tackle each one and flesh it out a bit...

CITY, 4 FEB 2009 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. made the following declaration yesterday afternoon: "With reference to the latest requests for clarification concerning the position of the Pope and the Catholic Church on the subject of the Holocaust, it should be borne in mind that the Pope's ideas on this matter were very...

WASHINGTON - United States Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., today made the following comments about yesterday's late-night release of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Disaster Housing Strategy (NDHS). In July, FEMA released a version of the NDHS -- 13 months after the legal deadline by which it was required -- with significant shortcomings. In particular, an analysis of the NDHS...

The Parish of St. Bernard and SDT Waste & Debris announce today they have resolved all differences in connection with work involving the collection and hauling of trash and construction debris from the parish's transfer site once located on Paris Road. In mid-2007, the Parish and SDT worked toward a Cooperative Endeavour Agreement by which the Parish would allow its...

On December 19, the Daily Comet ran a story about the Lafourche Parish government announcing it was going to give businesses and residents the opportunity to receive local news and information from parish government through an email service. The need was sparked because of comments made following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike about residents who evacuated turning to email to receive...

Last week, Greg LeBlanc, Sr., owner of the Geri LeBlanc Pontiac Buick GMC franchise here in the Thibodaux area announced he is terminating his franchise agreement with GM. He cited the viability of GM as a going concern as his reason for closing the franchise. Is this foresight on his part, as the Big Three (Ford, General Motors, Chrysler) automakers...