23 years ago this week tragedy visited a family in the City of Gonzales, and every one of its citizens when Shon Miller, Sr. murdered four people at a local church. As dark a day as any in local history, the victims were Miller’s wife and 2-year old son, and his mother-in-law. Senseless horror which […]
Ascension Drainage announces new Bluff Swamp Project
09/30/2021 by
Officials with East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District #1 Board and Parish President Clint Cointment have announced an agreement on a new project that should help alleviate flooding and facilitate drainage in the Bluff Swamp area. The LA Highway 74 Flood Relief Project will allow high water from the Bluff Swamp to flow through a […]
Lawler explains proposed EA Drainage “compromise” with the Parish President
07/19/2021 by
Councilman Aaron Lawler, the architect of a vote to remove President Clint Cointment from East Ascension Drainage District operations, took to social media recently to explain his motives. Included with the explanation was the following: What do I see for the future? I am personally working on a compromise with the PP, along with others […]
Lawler’s version of events means someone is NOT telling the truth
06/25/2021 by
NOTE: EA Drainage’s Vice Chairman, Chase Melancon claims to have known nothing about the effort to oust President Clint Cointment as de facto Drainage Director while Councilman Aaron Lawler claims to have been working on it for 3.5 years. Someone is not telling the truth. Lawler’s social media post from yesterday: Professionals, not Politicians. Drainage […]
EA Drainage Vice Chair kept in dark about ouster of Parish President
06/25/2021 by
I cannot individually reply to everyone who is reaching out to me about this. Would take me too long while trying to enjoy some time with the family. So I’ll tell you what I know. I received a call around 1:00 p.m. today to notify me, the Vice-Chair of the Drainage Commission, that a special […]
Lawler switches sides for 6-5 approval of Delaune Estates (Antebellum Pointe)
04/15/2021 by
Emerging from an Executive Session just under half-an-hour, Ascension’s Parish Council voted to approve the preliminary plat of Delaune Estates (formerly Antebellum Pointe) subdivision on Thursday. The threadbare 6-5 vote is intended to settle a September 2020 lawsuit filed by the property owners of 86 acres just west of Hwy 73, the proposed site of a 237-lot subdivision denied by […]
Planning Commission approves 77 lots in Pelican Point; recommends 20′ road requirement in future
02/11/2021 by
On Wednesday Ascension’s Planning Commission approved (by a 5-1 vote) the preliminary plat for 14th Filing for Pelican Point Golf Community-Plantation Commons, the application is for a new filing containing 77 lots. “This subdivision is located on the west side of Hwy 44 approximately two miles south of Interstate 10,” one of south Ascension’s most […]
Pendarvis annexation bid rejected by 3-2 vote of Gonzales Council
01/26/2021 by
Gonzales’ Council rejected Dempsey Pendarvis’ petition to annex 3.1 acres into the city on Monday in a 3-2 vote which left Mayor Barney Arceneaux and his predecessor, Johnny Berthelot now occupying a seat on the five-member panel, miffed. It was not Pendarvis’ first attempt to have the subject acreage, located in the southeast corner of […]
Cointment pledges revisions to Development Code after subdivision approvals
01/15/2021 by
Ascension Parish residents: Having watched the January 13, 2021 meeting of the Planning Commission, I feel it is necessary to address the concerns voiced by so many of you, all of which I share as Parish President and a fellow citizen of Ascension Parish. Three subdivision plats, two residential and one commercial, were approved Wednesday […]
Low bid for gym at Lamar Dixon comes in $840,000 over the budget
01/14/2021 by
Bids to construct a new gym a Lamar Dixon Expo Center (LDEC) are in, but none comes close to the $2.5 million construction budget set in 2019. Ascension’s Director of Planning and Facility Maintenance, Ricky Compton delivered the bad news to the Parish Council’s Recreation Committee on Tuesday. The low bid is $840,000 over the project budget. […]
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