Opinions

Now we shall pay

At a special meeting, Monday, July 15th, 2024, and apparently with the agreement of legal counsel, the Police Jury decided to delay a vote on the restructuring of a penny of the parish’s sales tax.

Tomorrow comes every day

“O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!”Put 6:00 P.M., Monday, July 22nd, 2024, on your calendar.

June 2024 Presidential Debate

What I witnessed this past Thursday was not what I expected. At the conclusion of the debate I thought, do Democrats who support Pres. Biden actually believe he is capable and competent to be president? That he can actually serve as Commander of Chief?

Being last may not be worst

Where can I get one of those big hands with a pointing finger like those that people hold up at football games saying “We’re No. 1”? I need one that says, “We’re No. 50!”I was tipped by a helpful curmudgeon to a story in U.S. News & World Report that ranks “the Best States”.
Private service but public needs

Private service but public needs

Private service but public needs

The voting is over four months away but the controversy concerning what we should do about ambulance service in Catahoula Parish is already with us.

Mayors, Police Jury must work together now

I have been told by someone more likely to know what they are talking about than I am (and you’re thinking, “Well, that could have been my dog”), that there still may be time to salvage a plan to pay for an ambulance to be stationed in Catahoula Parish.