CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Must Credit In Futility: Former Governor Edwin Edwards Creates Facebook Account, Announces Potential Development of Reality Show

    Not that it matters, should matter, or will ever matter, but you heard it from me first, people. Five days later, the State media picked up on the story, and at least one reporter publicly doubted the integrity of the profile page. Then, the former Governor dropped this bombshell: By pure coincidence, simply because I was bored on a Sunday afternoon, I happened to catch this, within minutes, and spread it on Twitter: Here’s what Lafayette reporter Jim Hummel reported a few hours ago, via Twitter: (Despite the various screen captures, the record will reflect: I led on both of…

  • Gannett Cuts 31 Jobs in Louisiana; Guts Monroe News-Star

    Per The Alexandria Town Talk and The Independently Weekly, on Tuesday, Gannett Company, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher and the owner of several major newspapers in Louisiana, including The Shreveport Times and The Town Talk, cut 632 jobs across the country, including 31 jobs in Louisiana. According to a spreadsheet produced by the watchdog site Gannett Blog, two jobs were cut at The Shreveport Times, two at The Town Talk, and 27 jobs eliminated were at the Monroe News-Star, effectively gutting the newspaper and following through on its word to consolidate the Monroe paper with the Shreveport paper. The cuts at the…

  • Louisiana Coalition for Science: HB580 Is Dead

    From Dr. Barbara Forrest of the Louisiana Coalition for Science (in full): The Louisiana Coalition for Science (LCFS) is pleased to announce the demise of HB 580, which is official with the adjournment of the Louisiana legislature today, June 23, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. This legislation was, by every indication, nothing more than an attempt to reverse the Louisiana Family Forum’s defeat in its effort to block the approval of new biology textbooks for Louisiana public schools in fall 2010. However, even though HB 580 was another stealth creationism bill, no subject of instruction in public schools would have been safe from…