Thursday’s meeting of Ascension’s Council saw an agenda item added by unanimous vote to publicly censure Councilman Corey Orgeron who absented himself from the proceedings rather than face the music and take his medicine. The public censure, a response to Orgeron’s disgraceful actions at Monday’s EA Drainage meeting, comes as little surprise. What took so […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cointment pledges revisions to Development Code after subdivision approvals
01/15/2021 by
Ascension Parish residents: Having watched the January 13, 2021 meeting of the Planning Commission, I feel it is necessary to address the concerns voiced by so many of you, all of which I share as Parish President and a fellow citizen of Ascension Parish. Three subdivision plats, two residential and one commercial, were approved Wednesday […]
Matassa’s illegal $27,456 raise (and other tales of pillage in parish government)
02/07/2020 by
NOTE: We first published the following piece on December 15, 2019. Since the current administration has weighed in at The Advocate’s prodding, we republish today. The Corrupt Organization (we don’t think it’s Racketeering Influenced, RICO) that is Kenny Matassa’s administration has been a blight on Ascension Parish for four years. With two weeks left before that cancer […]
AG opines that power to approve subdivision may be taken away from Planning Commission
07/28/2019 by
O’Neil Parenton’s attempt to game the system nothwithstanding, Louisiana’s Attorney General opined that Ascension’s Planning Commission could be stripped of its power to approve subdivision preliminary plats by amendment of the Home Rule Charter. The AG opined nine months after receiving Ascension’s request that posed two questions: Can Ascension Parish Council through a Charter Amendment […]
Major/Minor Drainage myth debunked
06/20/2019 by
In a June 13 letter to Sorrento’s Town Attorney, East Ascension Drainage Board’s counsel debunked the myth that only Major Drainage work can be done inside two municipalities. EAD lawyer, Cody Martin wrote Matthew Percy, his Sorrento counterpart: The East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 (the District) is in receipt of your June […]
Tough talking Committee slams politics in parish personnel matters
08/29/2018 by
SSA Consultants is about to be back on the job in Ascension after taking the better part of two years on an Efficiency/Effectiveness Study partly ignored by President Kenny Matassa and his bloated administration. On Tuesday the Council’s Personnel Committee welcomed back Dr. Christel Slaughter and her team, recommending another $76,600 to create 200 job descriptions for […]
Charter Revision Committee hoax a disservice to members, council, and citizens
07/24/2018 by
25 years ago Ascension voters, by a wide margin (64% to 36%), opted for Home Rule adopting the Charter which has been amended once to revise the Employee Appeals Process. Those of us who pay attention to such trivialities concur that it could do with further tweaking, others believe drastic changes are in order. While A […]
No monarchy for Ascension Parish; No nominating committee for parish manager
06/05/2018 by
It was a terrible idea while it lasted, a “figurehead” president of Ascension Parish with ceremonial duties likened to the British monarchy by The Advocate’s op-ed page. Fortunately, A Better Ascension’s (ABA) ploy to dupe qualified electors into believing they would retain the vote for Ascension’s chief executive was dispensed with in one day (excluding the weekend). ABA now proposing […]
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