Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa is pleased to announce the hiring of William Daniel as the new Infrastructure Division Director. Mr. Daniel brings over 35 years of experience in engineering, executive management, and government to Ascension Parish. From 2005-2017, Mr. Daniel held key infrastructure and executive positions in East Baton Rouge City-Parish Government, including Public […]
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Matassa Names Taleta Wesley as Ascension Parish Human Resources Director
08/17/2017 by
NOTE: A friendly reminder: Ms. Wesley is subject to the requirement of ratification by the Parish Council. Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa is pleased to announce the hiring of Taleta Wesley as Ascension Parish Government’s Human Resources Director. Ms. Wesley holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Grambling University, a Master’s Degree in Public […]
Ascension Parish completes purchase of Peoples Water
09/21/2016 by
GONZALES –Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa signed the final documents in the acquisition of Peoples Water Service Company of Donaldsonville by Ascension Parish. The negotiations to purchase Peoples Water began over two years ago. President Matassa announced the purchase of Peoples Water as one of his Top 10 Projects for 2016 in March. “This is […]
Attorney General’s short answer to Ascension’s Planning Commission
05/23/2016 by
Attorney General Jeff Landry just released a summary of his offices’ Opinions from May 9-13, including #16-0011 in response Ascension Parish’s request to clarify powers of the Planning Commission. The entire summary, devoid of jurisprudential analysis, reads: Pursuant to La. R.S. 33:101.1, the Ascension Parish Planning Commission has the authority to deny an application seeking approval […]
Candidate for Parish President responds to Tommy Martinez, thanking him for service
11/05/2015 by
EDITOR’s NOTE: Long claiming that he would endorse no candidate to succeed him, Parish President Tommy Martinez accused an unnamed “candidate” of “numerous falsehoods, half truths and outright lies” in a local weekly newspaper advertisement hitting the streets on Thursday. Martinez has consistently said that, when asked, “I will tell people I’m voting for Kenny […]
Martinez concedes defeat on purely public sewer
03/29/2015 by
The realities of Ascension’s push toward parish-wide sewer have set in and certain elected officials, a lame duck parish president among them, have concluded that only a public/private partnership might realize the lofty ambition. Parish President Tommy Martinez told four members of the Utilities Committee as much last Wednesday. And then there is that $60 […]
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