CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Congressman Rodney Alexander “Comments” on the State of the Union… Thirty Minutes Before It Even Began

    H/t to Mike Stagg Less than thirty minutes before President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address tonight, The Town Talk published a press release from Congressman Rodney Alexander (LA-5), with the headline “Congressman Alexander comments on the State of the Union.” Note: The timestamp is in Central Standard Time, 7:32PM CST. President Obama’s speech began at 8:00PM CST. In fairness to the Congressman, he likely did not write that headline, but for anyone who, like me, checked The Town Talk during the State of the Union, it seemed a little strange and disingenuous. Representative Alexander, a man who switched…

  • Tony Brown: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Lie, Lie Again

    Tony Brown: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Lie, Lie Again

    As the old adage goes, politics makes for strange bedfellows. This is certainly the case in Alexandria. And there’s another adage that also comes to mind: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I understand that a few folks may have thought that my most recent post about talk radio host Tony Brown was “harsh.” Maybe it was. But I make no apologies. In my opinion, Mr. Brown’s outlandish, public accusations against the City of Alexandria administration deserve a full-throated, thorough, and rigorous response. If you’re going to accuse people of conspiring to suppress African-American voter registration, which is…

  • Questioning Tony Brown’s Ethics and Professionalism

    Questioning Tony Brown’s Ethics and Professionalism

    Earlier this week, on his radio show, Alexandria talk radio host Tony Brown leveled an explosive and sensational charge against leaders of the City of Alexandria: That they were purposely attempting to deny and suppress African-American voter registration. The accusations were quickly, almost instantly, reposted on Greg Aymond’s website, with Mr. Aymond directly accusing Mayor Roy of responsibility. The story, in a nutshell, is this: This year, during the City’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, without any prior consent or agreement, showed up at the Alexandria Riverfront Center, the location of…