When the votes were tallied in Gonzales’ four-candidate contest for mayor on November 5 a clear favorite had emerged to bedevil two political factions bent on retention of power in one of Louisiana’s most fiscally sound municipalities.  Situated at the heart of Ascension Parish, arguably the state’s most well-to-do (depending upon the metric), money and […]

Published in anticipation of the 2023 election, amidst baseless allegations unfettered by any actual proof of fraudulent voting, Ascension’s Clerk of Court Bridget Hanna felt compelled to address the noise.  With one side of the presidential campaign setting up a fraud claim should it lose, Ascension seems to have ignored the stolen election nonsense (due, […]

“There are two (drainage) projects that are transformational,” Parish President/EA Drainage Director Clint Cointment addressed East Ascension Drainage Commission earlier this week. “New River Stormwater Management Pump Station (depicted in the artist’s rendering above) and Sorrento Storm Surge Protection.” The latter is an extension of the West Shore (Lake Pontchartrain Risk Reduction) Project, from which […]

Parish President Clint Cointment has argued for a New River Pump Station, depositing potential flood waters into the Mississippi River, for most of his five-year tenure (and long before anyone else thought it was doable).  Initially going it alone (we do not recall any other elected/appointed official joining the Cointment crusade until recently), Ascension’s chief […]

Parish President Clint Cointment Thursday signed the transfer of assets of the sewer treatment system, marking a significant milestone in resolving the longstanding sewer infrastructure issue in Ascension Parish. National Water Infrastructure (NWI) has acquired the Parish’s sewer system for $9.2 million, solidifying a partnership that began as a franchise agreement in 2021 under a […]

Brittany Point, LLC owns 55 acres abutting Gonzales’ easternmost city limits, on the north side of Hwy 30 just west of Smith Tank & Steel where the current zoning is Rural, one of Ascension Parish’s most restrictive.  In all likelihood, whether the subject acreage is annexed into the City of Gonzales or not, that is going […]

A standing room only crowd, others tiptoeing to get a view inside the Council Meeting Room at Gonzales City Hall on Monday, anticipating the consideration of Brittany Point, LLC’s annexation hearing.  55.14 acres adjoining Gonzales’ eastern city limits, Doug Diez’s property abuts one of the city’s drainage hotspots where fears of flooding accompany every torrential […]

Rarely have Ascension’s three municipalities united against a common threat, real or perceived.  Thursday was one of those occasions when two east bank mayors crossed the Sunshine Bridge to join Donaldsonville’s Leroy Sullivan.  They oppose an ordinance proposed by Parish President Clint Cointment seeking a larger share of sales tax generated on properties annexed by […]