On Thursday’s Ascension Parish Council meeting agenda, three councilmen have sponsored introduction of an ordinance to prohibit Planning Commissioners from meeting privately with developers prior to consideration of new subdivisions.  Unsurprisingly, District 7 (Prairieville) Councilman Brian Hillensbeck and District 5 (it will always be Galvez to us) Councilman Todd Varnado pushed to ordinance since they […]

Gonzales’ City Council received 2024-25 Fiscal Year financial audit, focused on “three instances of non-compliance with Louisiana Public Bid Law.”  Engaged in mid-2025, Ericksen Krentel completed the audit at the end of February in stark contrast to years past.  The firm, without identifying the “vendor,” specifically criticized a sidewalk rehabilitation job given to Liberty Fence […]

On Tuesday Judge Cody Martin summarily denied Parish Councilman Joel Robert’s attempt to have a defamation claim against him dismissed. Relying on Louisiana’s Anti-SLAPP law, Robert filed a Motion to Strike the allegations of defamation lodged against him by Gerry Phillips, spouse to one of Parish President Clint Cointment’s top lieutenants, Infrastructure Division Director Ruth […]

East Ascension Drainage Commission will take up another purchase of land devoted to regional detention at its regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow.  $2.5 million for 128 acres in Geismar, the “land will be utilized for New River Regional detention as outlined in the Parish Floodplain Management Plan….This is the second land acquisition at this location (between Louis […]

City Council votes don’t come much easier than Monday’s agenda item to approve a Community Partnership with Loving Our Community’s Children (LOCC).  With a mission statement to “partner with the community to provide children and families with reliable, no-cost support that meets daily needs and fosters dignity, stability, and healing” and record of success…this was […]

Without a word of discussion last night, Ascension Parish Council approved an amended Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Gonzales to program baseball fields inside the city.  It was accomplished on the first try by the parish governing authority, just in time for AP Baseball to commence operations on schedule Monday.  The parish vote came on […]

Dantin Bruce Development’s Ross Bruce proudly proclaimed that his firm has built over 1,000 homesites in Ascension Parish over the years, hoping to add another 115 to the total at Wednesday’s meeting of the Planning Commission.  It was not to be as five commissioners, with two abstentions, voted to reject Harvest Fields subdivision preliminary plat, oblivious to […]

In late 2024 Gonzales’ interim mayor, Ryland Percy, inked an agreement with Impact Sports (which operates AP Baseball), as did Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment in anticipation of the 2025 season.  Ascension’s Parish Council approved a new agreement with AP Baseball in October, commencing negotiations with the city in lieu of Gonzales doing another deal […]