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 […]
All you ever wanted to know about Louisiana elections…and more from Ascension’s Registrar
10/13/2023 by
Registrar of Voters Shanie Bourg has taken the time to answer every question she has been asked during the current election cycle. In fact, Bourg has anticipated questions which voters may harbor about the process in an information packed piece, sort of a technical manual on how Louisiana elections are conducted. If any remain, she […]
What does it cost to hire Meyer Engineering for a splash pad in AP? $49,900, logarithmically speaking
10/11/2023 by
NOTE: This piece was first published on June 21, 2019> If we learned nothing else at Thursday’s Council meeting, it was determined how much it cost to engineer a splash pad in Ascension Parish. If you’re part of the taxpaying public… $49,900 That’s a different question than; what’s it cost to be given the no-bid […]
No water source (nor electricity) to Dutchtown spray park, Casso calls out engineer
10/11/2023 by
The minimum number to achieve a quorum, six Ascension council members bothered to attend Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting (we applaud the absentees because the less this council does through the end of 2023 the better). Five of the six attendees did not qualify for reelection (putting the “lame” in lame-duck), all of whom joined Dempsey […]
Varnado out to slaughter the oldest hog at Ascension’s trough
10/06/2023 by
No Ascension Council candidate has more skin in the game than Todd Varnado, as he attempts to slay the dragon (or the oldest council hog at the trough) in a largely self-funded campaign to oust five-term incumbent, Dempsey Lambert. An old dog incapable of changing his spots (to mix a metaphor), putting this mutt down is […]
Conway residents win drainage fight with help of Cointment and Riley
09/19/2023 by
Last week East Ascension Drainage Commission, consisting of ten Parish Council members sitting Ex Officio by virtue of that status, resolved to purchase eight acres necessary to facilitate a pump station on Panama Canal. The pumps are included in the second of two phases engineered to address drainage issues stalling development of Conway Subdivision in […]
Even Kenny Matassa has turned on Murphy Painter
08/25/2023 by
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
08/21/2023 by
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. […]
Sale of sewer treatment assets a huge deal…recapping the last decade
08/21/2023 by
Decades ago Ascension Parish lost control of its water supply to Baton Rouge Water, hamstringing multiple attempts to establish regional sewer treatment in a system steadily worsening with every additional rooftop added to the grid. Bayou Manchac, New River and other waterways increasingly compromised, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality warned Ascension that wastewater treatment permits […]
Murphy Painter adds Meme Guy to his enemies list (buckle up)
08/14/2023 by
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 […]
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