CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Lt. Gov. Nungesser’s Scam Deal Isn’t Funny; It’s Impeachable

    Lt. Gov. Nungesser’s Scam Deal Isn’t Funny; It’s Impeachable

    “It might be a good idea to get someone from IT to make sure Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser’s spam filter is working,” joked Jeffrey Bostick, also known as Skooks, on his website Library Chronicles. “We can’t keep falling for phishing schemes.” Jeffery sarcastically titled his post, “The Nungesser Administration seems to be going well.” Jan Moller, the Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, beat most of us to the punch when he observed on Facebook, “I always used to wonder what kind of person fell for those Nigerian prince email scams. This explains a lot.” On Sunday, Rebekah Allen and Richard Thompson…

  • Announcing the Launch of Imagine Louisiana Communications

    Announcing the Launch of Imagine Louisiana Communications

    For more than a decade, I have written about the circus of Louisiana politics here on CenLamar. All told, I’ve published over 2,000 original articles and received nearly 2 million visitors. I’ve written about issues both big and small. I created this website because I wanted, in some small way, the opportunity to participate in a discussion about the future of my hometown and my home state. Here on CenLamar, I found my voice, and I like to believe that I have provided a venue for others to find theirs as well. I have never had a staff. This has…

  • U.S. Senate Candidate Josh Pellerin, The Democrat Hoping To Replace David Vitter

    Last Saturday, Josh Pellerin, the president and founder of an oil and gas company in Lafayette, Louisiana and an announced Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate (he filed with the FEC on March 24th), addressed a meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee, along with two other announced candidates, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell and New Orleans attorney and former candidate for Lt. Governor Caroline Fayard. Pellerin, 34, is a political newcomer, and according to some present at the DSCC meeting, his speech was “unimpressive” and “meandering” and “bizarre.” “It’s like he accidentally showed up at the wrong party’s meeting,”…