CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Vitter Aide (Who Worked on Women’s Issues) Resigns After ABC News Uncovers He Was Arrested for Attacking His Ex-Girlfriend (Among Other Things)

    Can’t make this stuff up. From ABC News: A trusted aide to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter resigned Wednesday morning after ABC News reported that he had been arrested for attacking his ex-girlfriend with a knife, and had an open warrant for his arrest in Baton Rouge on a drunk driving charge. The aide, Brent Furer, worked on the Republican senator’s last campaign, and has spent the last five years posted in his Washington office to handle, among other things, women’s issues. “It says something terrible about Senator Vitter’s judgment that this is the kind of guy he wants to keep…

  • Another Coco Puff

    This is a great video. Three cheers. Police Juror Steve Coco claims to be the “most qualified, experienced news source” in all of Central Louisiana. This will most assuredly help his candidacy for Mayor of Alexandria. If you are running for Mayor and you also believe yourself to be the “most qualified, experienced news source,” then you can literally endorse your own candidacy and criticize your opponents as a “news source.” No, no, it wouldn’t be Steve Coco the Candidate reporting; it’d be Steve Coco the Source of News in Central Louisiana. It’s ingenious. Maybe I’ve had it all wrong.…

  • Farewell Bishop Mangun

    Pentecostal Bishop G.A. Mangun passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Mr. Mangun, who was born and raised in Indiana, moved to Alexandria in 1950 and became the pastor of a small church near Bayou Rapides. Sixty years later, that church is one of the most well-known Pentecostal churches in the nation, representing one of the largest congregations in the State of Louisiana. When Bill Clinton was President, he attended worship services at the church on a number of occasions; he seemed to be a fan of their truly incredible theatrical passion play, Messiah, which was a state-of-the-art performance…