Hatha Flow Yoga every Tuesday at Haven of Ascension (today)

Experience an insightful approach to your Yoga practice with yoga instructor Maggie Barber. Welcome to Hatha Flow Yoga at Haven of Ascension, where structure and alignment meet to create a truly transformative experience.  In this class, Maggie seamlessly blends breath, meditation, and precise physical alignment to nurture your body and nourish your soul. Explore the […]

The case for annexation as Gonzales Council considers 55 acres on Hwy 30 (Monday)

Since the Village of Gonzales was recognized by Louisiana’s legislature in 1922, the municipality has annexed property on more occasions than we’ve been able to count with any degree of accuracy.  Governor Earl K. Long proclaimed its township in 1952, with legislative approval of Gonzales’ city charter a quarter-century later.  Not coincidentally, by 1977 the […]

Crime on the rise, time for new leadership in Gonzales PD

At the end of four terms, 16 years into his tenure as Gonzales’ Chief of Police, it is time for Sherman Jackson to go.  The latest word is that Jackson will seek a fifth term on November 5, his hand-picked successor yet to move into Gonzales (and Tyson Dennis has little chance at winning the […]

Remembering the single WORST Ascension Parish Council member in history

That Corey Orgeron is the worst council member in Ascension’s history of Home Rule is not hyperbole.  Nor is it overstatement to say that he disgraced himself, his colleagues and Ascension Parish, seemingly intentionally and at every opportunity.  Every citizen of the parish is better off with his exit from public life. None of which […]

Prevost Hospital Board sues to stop Council vote to remove five Board members

West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District Board, the body responsible for operation of Prevost Hospital for nearly six decades, is seeking an injunction to prevent Ascension Parish Council from removing five board members.  That Council vote is schedule for tonight pursuant to a resolution on the agenda, a document that seeks to appoint five new […]

Sheriff Bobby Webre reelected with historic percentage of the vote

With the lowest voter turnout since 2011, Ascension Parish resoundingly reelected Sheriff Bobby Webre who racked up the highest percentage of the ballots for any sheriff that we can find (going back to the early 1980s).  87% of those who bothered to cast a ballot did so for Bobby Webre who won every one of […]

Mail piece accurately depicts District 9 candidate, Beiriger protestations aside

Depicting Jared “Burger” Beiriger as a developer with former ties to Quality Engineering, and a supporter of Corey Orgeron and Murphy Painter, a third-party mail piece hit mailboxes in Council District 9 yesterday.  One of the fattest hogs at Ascension’s trough, Beiriger squealed like a pig (think Ned Beatty in Deliverance) on social media, whining […]

Even Kenny Matassa has turned on Murphy Painter

EDITOR’s WARNING: While what follows is probably a complete waste of my (and certainly your) time, it is one of the guilty pleasures we cannot resist.  Deflating the festering pustule disfiguring Ascension’s body politic, i.e. exposing Murphy Painter for the sniveling, whining, whimpering grievance machine that he is, it’s one of our things.  His continued […]

Court rules Varnado is a candidate, dismissing Lambert’s lawsuit

Todd Varnado is still qualified to run for the Ascension Parish Council District 5 seat after Judge Steven Tureau dismissed the incumbent’s Petition in Objection to (Varnado’s) Candidacy.  Dempsey Lambert’s suit alleged that Varnado’s “domicile…is not located in Council District 5…(and Varnado)…is not qualified to be a candidate in the primary election” scheduled for October 14.  […]

Murphy Painter adds Meme Guy to his enemies list (buckle up)

Certain guys, lacking basic social skills necessary for comfortable interaction in the social media milieu, where rules of engagement are tacitly accepted by voluntary participation, never get the joke.  Fans of Ascension Parish Department of Memes appreciate its often acerbic, always irreverent, take-it-or-leave and the Meme Guy could, very literally, not care less content.  Candidate for […]