CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Moon Griffon, the Hayride, and Jay Dardenne

    Recently, The Dead Pelican, a popular Louisiana news aggregate website published by conservative Chad Rogers, reported that Moon Griffon, a well-known Louisiana talk radio host and conservative, had some no-so-nice things to say about Jay Dardenne, the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor. Quoting: Conservative talk radio host MOON GRIFFON had strong words for Lt. Gubernatorial candidate Jay Dardenne today. Griffon believes that Dardenne is lacking in conservative credentials, and highlighted what he believes to be Mr. Dardenne’s liberal leanings. “Under no circumstances will I vote for Jay Dardenne for Lt. Governor,” said Griffon. “I can’t look in the mirror if I…

  • Behind the Curtain: Roger Villere, the Tea Party, and Dan Richey

    The race for the next Lt. Governor is headed toward a run-off between Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and Caroline Fayard, a political newcomer who, in less than two months, has adroitly emerged as a formidable candidate from almost complete obscurity. Though somewhat under-reported by the state and local media, the primary for Lt. Governor was, perhaps, the most interesting election in the cycle: Five Republicans, including the Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, and three Democrats. I, for one, was surprised that the Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, Roger Villere, decided to throw his hat in the…

  • 8%

    There’s another reason to be proud of Alexandria. Greg Aymond, a former member of the Ku Klan Klan, made an incredibly hateful, last-ditch attempt at promoting his candidate for Mayor by cutting out pictures of the incumbent Mayor, Ken Juneau, and me and placing them on one of his stock photos of the Klan, which, to me, seemed like a transparently reckless attempt at justifying his own overtly bigoted track record. He also photoshopped a picture of Mayor Roy to make it appear as if he was in blackface, and then he published it on his website, maliciously and falsely…