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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
23 years later, the Vessel family remembers those cherished loved ones lost
03/11/2022 by
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 […]
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 […]
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