YOUNGSVILLE: Where Silence Ain’t Golden
Election season produces plenty of noise. Signs appear along every available stretch of roadway. Campaign contributions pile up. Endorsements are announced, photographed, and pushed across social media. All of it is designed, at least in part, to tell voters the same...
Miguez Stands Alone
Welcome to election season, when your favorite candidate finds out all kinds of things about themselves they didn’t know before. It reminds me of that meme: “Have you ever heard a rumor about yourself and actually wanted to hear more? Like d@#$, what did I...
When a DA’s Endorsement Comes With Investigative Authority
District Attorney Scott Perrilloux has endorsed Assistant District Attorney Brad Cascio to succeed him. When Cascio’s opponent used parish payment records in a campaign mailer attacking Cascio’s law firm, Perrilloux’s office announced a criminal investigation into the...
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:...
Trump’s Election Packet Mirrors Louisiana’s New Voting System
When President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office Thursday evening, much of the attention naturally focused on his claims regarding the 2020 election and the declassification of intelligence and cybersecurity documents. One document in particular...
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