12-10-18
CROWLEY VOTERS CHOSE TIM MONCEAUX TO BE THE NEW MAYOR, REPLACING THE RETIRING GREG JONES. HE DEFEATED EZORA PROCTOR WITH 58 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. IN CHURCH POINT, VOTERS THERE SELECTED SPANKY MECHE AS MAYOR AND DALE THIBODEAUX AS POLICE CHIEF. OPELOUSAS NOW HAS A NEW MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF. JULIUS ALSANDOR GOT 65 PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEFEAT FELLOW ALDERMAN TYRONE GLOVER AND BECOME MAYOR WHILE MARTIN MCCLENDON WAS ELECTED POLICE CHIEF WITH 66 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
REPUBLICAN VIC SALVADOR TOOK 52 PERCENT OF THE VOTE SATURDAY TO DEFEAT HIS DEMOCRAT RIVAL, NATHAN KELLER, TO BECOME THE NEW LAKE CHARLES CITY MARSHAL. SALVADOR, WHO WAS THE CHIEF CIVIL DEPUTY FOR THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WILL TAKE OVER FOR JOEY ALCEDE, WHO DID NOT SEEK REELCTION. MEANWHILE IN DERIDDER, RILEY SMITH IS THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR. HE GOT 59 PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEFEAT HEATHER ROYER.
Republican Kyle Ardoin will hang onto the Louisiana secretary of state’s job he’s been handling since May, when his former boss resigned in a sexual harassment scandal. Voters selected Ardoin to be the state’s elections chief in Saturday’s runoff election, a special election called when former Secretary of State Tom Schedler stepped down. Ardoin defeated Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, a little-known candidate who has worked as a city court administrator and in a clerk of court’s office. Ardoin significantly outspent Collins-Greenup on advertising, while she raised far less money in a campaign focused on grassroots outreach.
A CHANGE TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER, WHICH SPLITS THE NINE PERSON LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL INTO SEPARATE FIVE PERSON COUNCILS FOR THE CITY AND PARISH, WAS APPROVED ON SATURDAY. 53 PERCENT OF LAFAYETTE PARISH VOTERS VOTED FOR THE CHANGE. THAT MEANS NEXT FALL, LAFAYETTE VOTERS WILL ELECT THE TWO COUNCILS, WHICH WILL BE SEATED IN JANUARY OF 2020. CHANGES TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER WILL ALSO TAKE EFFECT THEN.
LAFAYETTE VOTERS REJECTED TWO TAX PROPOSALS. 66 PERCENT VOTED AGAINST A HALF CENT SALES TAX PROPOSED BY SHERIFF MARK GARBER, WHICH WOULD HAVE RAISED 25 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. GARBER SAYS HIS STAFF WILL LOOK AT WAYS TO CONSOLIDATE AND STREAMLINE SERVICES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES WHILE NOT JEOPARDIZING PUBLIC SAFETY. A 10 MILL PROPERTY TAX, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR FIRE PROTECTION IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH, WAS ALSO VOTED DOWN 52 TO 48 PERCENT.
A MAN LED STATE POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE SUNDAY MORNING. GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.
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RESIDENTS OF THE HIGH HOPE SENIOR LIVING CARE CENTER IN SULPHUR ARE TRYING TO LIFT THE SPIRITS OF TWO CHILDREN WITH TERMINAL CANCER. SO FAR THEY MADE MORE THAN FIFTY CARDS TO ENCOURAGE MADDOX HYDE AND DRAKE QUIBODEAUX, BOTH FROM THE AREA. THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH EXTRA CHRISTMAS CARDS TO DROP THEM OFF AT THE CENTER AND THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOYS. MARKETING DIRECTOR LAKIN MAZILLY SAYS IT’S A SMALL GESTURE THAT CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT FOR THE BOYS.
Louisiana health officials want more people to get a flu shot in a state that has among the highest levels of flu activity so far this season. The state health department says free flu shots will be available Thursday, from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at parish health units across the state. The health units have extended evening hours to accommodate people leaving work or school. The department recommends a yearly flu shot for anyone over six months of age without a complicating medical condition.
