CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Musical Interlude

    Once again, GIVERS of Lafayette, Louisiana, this time appearing at South by Southwest in Austin: GIVERS also opened up this year’s Austin City Limits music festival, to much acclaim. Kudos to them.

  • Maybe it takes the dead…

    …to bring downtown Alexandria to life. Just something off my facebook feed this morning.  The Zombie Walk of Alexandria looks like just the sort of event that we really need to be happening on a regular basis.  It’s not huge, probably had very little budget, but got people out and about, and having a good time downtown.  Bravo.

  • Charlie Melancon: David Vitter Is “Ineffective,” “Immoral,” “Ethically Challenged,” and “Morally Bankrupt”

    Quoting from Roll Call: In an interview with Roll Call following a news conference here to talk about Vitter’s connections to BP, a clearly frustrated Melancon acknowledged that Vitter’s problems have not caught on with the public as much as Democrats expected they would. “Its an embarrassment. … We are the laughingstock because people in Washington know we have David Vitter up there. He’s ineffective, he’s immoral, he’s ethically challenged and he’s morally bankrupt,” Melancon said. One day, I think people may look at the race between Congressman Melancon and Senator Vitter as a fascinating case study in American politics.…