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6-17-15

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL APPROVED 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PAY THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FEES FOR A NEW 20 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.  ADMINISTRATORS HAD ASKED FOR THREE MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO VOTE LATER ON THE REST OF THE FUNDING.  THE COUNCIL ALSO LAST NIGHT APPROVED THREE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL CARETAKER POSITIONS.  IN MARCH, PARISH VOTERS APPROVED COMBINING THE MOSQUITO CONTROL AND PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT PROPERTY TAXES, AND USING THE EXCESS REVENUES FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.

 

TROPICAL STORM BILL, WHICH MADE LANDFALL IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS YESTERDAY, ALSO HAD SOME EFFECT IN CAMERON PARISH.  HIGH TIDES CAUSED STREETS ALONG THE COAST TO FLOOD.  BUT RESIDENTS SAID IT WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL.  SHERIFF RON JOHNSON ADVISED MOTORISTS NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS BECAUSE OF THE SALTWATER.

 

A HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE DEAD AFTER WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MURDER SUICIDE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH.  JULIE DARCE REPORTS.

 

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Louisiana’s film industry leaders are asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto a bill they say is a “death sentence” for the industry.  In a letter sent Tuesday to the Republican governor, industry leaders said the bill by Republican Rep. Joel Robideaux, of Lafayette, violates existing contractual arrangements.  Robideaux’s proposal would temporarily cap the state’s annual spending on film tax credits at $180 million, to help balance the budget.  Jindal hasn’t said if he’ll veto the bill.

 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES TOLD THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT IF THEY WISHED TO USE AN ASSISTANT D-A FROM HIS OFFICE AS THEIR ATTORNEY, IT WOULDN’T BE FREE THIS TIME.  THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL BOARD CUT TIES WITH THE D-A’S OFFICE IN NOVEMBER OF 2013 BECAUSE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY ROGER HAMILTON JUNIOR ADVISED THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT BY THE BOARD WASN’T WARRANTED.  THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAD PROVIDED HAMILTON’S SERVICES TO THE BOARD AT NO CHARGE, BUT STUTES SAYS, IF THE NEW BOARD WANTS TO RESUME WORKING WITH THEM, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT COMPENSATION.  THE BOARD IS LOOKING AT WAYS OF CUTTING LEGAL EXPENSES, BECAUSE, SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE HAD TO SPEND AN UNANTICIPATED 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

A FAMILY THAT LIVES ON BROADMOOR DRIVE IN LAKE CHARLES SAYS THERE IS NO DRAINAGE IN THEIR AREA AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH FLOODING EVERYTIME IT RAINS.  THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.  ELDRIDGE AND WANDA MONTGOMERY SAY THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS A MANHOLE THEY DISCOVERED IN THE BACKYARD THAT IS COVERED BY A PIECE OF METAL.  THEY SAY SEVERAL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS ALSO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF DRAINAGE IN THE AREA.

 

A MEETING WILL BE HELD IN LAFAYETTE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS A RALLY PLANNED FOR NEW IBERIA TO URGE THE RESIGNATION OF IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL.  BLACK COMMUNITY LEADERS CLAIM THAT THERE IS A BROAD SYSTEM OF ABUSE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  NAACP LAFAYETTE CHAPTER PRESIDENT MARJA BROUSSARD SAYS THEY WILL DISCUSS FUNDRAISING, LOGISTICS AND MORE AT THE MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE IMANI TEMPLE.  THE RALLY IS EXPECTED TO COORDINATE WITH MARCHES TAKING PLACE AROUND THE NATION ON OCTOBER 22ND.

 

Talk of change for the way Louisiana spends its construction budgeting money fizzled in the final days of the legislative session.  Instead, lawmakers went home with a construction budget overstuffed by $385 million that continues to give all project-selecting authority to the governor. For the upcoming budget year, Gov. Bobby Jindal will choose which projects should be advanced for lines of credit.

Rep. Kirk Talbot, a Republican from River Ridge, says the current system is broken, allowing governors to trade projects for votes.