CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • If You Love Local History, Buy This DVD

    From my friend Dale Genius at the Louisiana History Museum. Quoting: Every year the Louisiana History Museum creates a book or DVD to showcase the rich history of Central Louisiana, and to raise operating funds for the Museum. This year, in 2010, the Museum is proud to offer a 16-minute DVD about the historic Hotel Bentley! The DVD features a pictorial history of the Bentley Hotel from its beginning in 1908 till now. See the hotel as it looked when it was constructed. View photographs of the Bentley’s self-contained electric plant, ice plant, print shop, wine cellar, kitchen, ball rooms …

  • HuffPo: Obama Team Says Jindal Claims Are Baseless

    In his new book Leadership and Crisis, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal accuses the Obama Administration of focusing on politics, instead of sound policy, during the aftermath of the BP oil spill. Jindal suggests the Obama Administration, among other things, acted slowly in responding to his request for extended federal funding for food stamps. The problem is: According to the governor’s book, Obama rebuked him in private for publicly requesting food stamp assistance during a press conference on May 1. “Careful, this is going to get bad for everyone,” Jindal quoted the president as saying. But this appears at odds with…

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