President Clint Cointment is convinced Ascension Parish is getting a bum deal, unfairly denied its fair share of Sales & Use Tax revenue generated within five distinct areas annexed by two municipalities going back to 1988. Four of the subject annexations were by the City of Gonzales, one by the City of Donaldsonville, and Cointment […]
AP Library is an unqualified success story and valuable asset
01/14/2024 by
Did you know that in 2023, our amazing patrons saved an astonishing $14,693,153.61 by borrowing from the library? This impressive total doesn’t even include electronic resources! These numbers speak volumes about the incredible value our library brings to the community. We invite you to come and experience the true value of your library, where the […]
Gonzales Planning Commission recommends denial of Diez property annexation petition
01/04/2024 by
Gonzales’ Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial of Doug Diez’s petition to annex 55 acres into the city limits on Wednesday. Diez ultimate objective, development of a 150-160 lot residential subdivision north of Hwy 30 in between Gonzales’ easternmost boundary and Smith Tank & Steel, failed to generate much enthusiasm among four commissioners (Reece LeBlanc was […]
$21 BILLION worth of industrial projects anticipated in Ascension Parish
12/20/2023 by
MMR Group hosted incoming parish council members yesterday, facilitating an insightful discussion on the vital role of industry in the Ascension Parish economy. LSU’s Dr. Gregory Upton and Councilman Chase Melancon did an outstanding job shedding light on the impact of industrial projects in our community. Did you know that there are over $21 billion worth […]
Ricky Compton appointed Ascension’s Infrastructure Division Director
11/03/2023 by
Announced yesterday, Parish President Clint Cointment has promoted Ricky Compton to Infrastructure Division Director effective November 6, 2023. The position, created in October of 2017 and immediately filled by the former parish president’s hiring of William Daniel, has been vacant since the end of 2019 when he was not retained by the incoming Cointment administration. […]
Cointment wins reelection with largest vote share of any Parish President
10/15/2023 by
To borrow a descriptive from the second place finisher in Saturday’s election for Ascension Parish President, the Cointment Juggernaut Political Machine rolled on. Like the only other parish-wide election on the ballot, Parish President Clint Cointment won a second term with the largest vote share of any candidate in Ascension’s history of Home Rule. His opponent […]
Clerk of Court Hanna on why Hand-counted Paper Ballots is a bad idea
10/14/2023 by
“Louisiana does not rank highly in many areas, but we are known and recognized for our election processes,” proudly declared Clerk of Court Bridget Hanna. “It would be dreadful to allow our extraordinary election process, built over many years, to be thrown out because of unfounded theories from a few people with little or no […]
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 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 […]
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