The Responsiveness Test: 40 Candidates, Six Answers
There are plenty of ways to evaluate someone seeking public office. Experience. Judgment. Political philosophy. Party affiliation. And character certainly matters. But there is another quality that receives considerably less attention during election season:...
New Iberia’s Economic Development Strategy — Raise Taxes
Economic development is always stated in positive terms — new jobs, new investment, revitalized properties, more shoppers, better infrastructure and a growing tax base. But if those same terms flow from the mouths of politicians, skepticism should be your first...
BREAUX BRIDGE: Where the Government is Here to Help Buz
Four years ago, Albert “Buz” LeBlanc came within 12 votes of being forced into a runoff for Breaux Bridge Chief of Police. This year, he apparently wasn’t interested in taking any chances. Hubert Augustine, a 27-year veteran officer of the BBPD and...
YOUNGSVILLE: Chief Broussard Defies Council Vote
At the request of Chief Jean Paul Broussard, the Youngsville City Council was asked in June to adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to begin the Police Department’s accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law...
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