A truly cooperative endeavor results in solution to Conway Subdivision drainage problem

On Tuesday East Ascension Drainage Commission approved two Cooperative Endeavor Agreements (CEA) intended to resolve ongoing drainage issues in Conway Subdivision and surrounding acreage, and a cooperative endeavor it has been.  Parish officials coordinating with the City of Gonzales, heeding residents’ concerns and negotiating a fair deal with a willing developer…this is how government is […]

Remembering the single WORST Ascension Parish Council member in history

That Corey Orgeron is the worst council member in Ascension’s history of Home Rule is not hyperbole.  Nor is it overstatement to say that he disgraced himself, his colleagues and Ascension Parish, seemingly intentionally and at every opportunity.  Every citizen of the parish is better off with his exit from public life. None of which […]

Sheriff Bobby Webre reelected with historic percentage of the vote

With the lowest voter turnout since 2011, Ascension Parish resoundingly reelected Sheriff Bobby Webre who racked up the highest percentage of the ballots for any sheriff that we can find (going back to the early 1980s).  87% of those who bothered to cast a ballot did so for Bobby Webre who won every one of […]

Mail piece accurately depicts District 9 candidate, Beiriger protestations aside

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 […]

Even Kenny Matassa has turned on Murphy Painter

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

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.  […]

Murphy Painter adds Meme Guy to his enemies list (buckle up)

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 […]

23 years later, the Vessel family remembers those cherished loved ones lost

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 […]

Citizen’s “smoking gun” exposes Lawler’s “bum deal” to approve Oak Grove Townhomes

Willow Lake Subdivision’s lakes continue to suffer intrusion of silt from Oak Grove Townhomes‘ development to the north.  A regrettable situation which should never have occurred…and would not have if Dantin Bruce Development, LLC was a better corporate neighbor and Willow Lakes’ elected representative had not engineered its plat approval.  Councilman Aaron Lawler was called […]

Commissioner Ken Firmin changes vote to approve (once denied) Delaune Estates

What has changed since Antebellum Pointe subdivision was denied by a 4-3 vote of Ascension’s Planning Commission on March 11, 2020?  Enough to garner approval of the re-branded Delaune Estates, the same 237 lots planned west of Hwy 73, south of White Road in Prairieville.  A roomful of residents went home unhappy on Wednesday when the one-vote denial […]