CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Former CLECO Employee Retracts Bombshell Report

    Two days ago, former CLECO employee Patrick LaCour “reported” on his website, The Naked Utility (members only), bombshell news that CLECO was being sued by the US Department of Justice for anti-trust violations. Quoting: The Naked Utility just received word that the U.S. Department of Justice has brought an anti-trust lawsuit against Cleco. Details are sparse at the moment, but the lawsuit is in relation to Cleco’s sale of its wholesale power plant in Eunice, LA. Yesterday, Mr. LaCour back-tracked from his initial report. Apparently, the DOJ didn’t sue CLECO, but LaCour still claims the DOJ has “announced” an investigation…

  • CenLamar Voted Best Website in Central Louisiana

    Thank you to the voters of Cenla Focus‘s “Best of Cenla” for naming this blog as Central Louisiana’s “Best Website.” I am humbled and honored, and I am sincerely appreciative of all who positively contribute to the discourse, even if we sometimes disagree. Thank you to Drew Ward and Sharon Tohline for their frontpage contributions throughout the last year, and thank you to the numerous commentators who have sustained this website.

  • Murder Suspect Claims Richard Barrett, the White Nationalist, Made Sexual Advances

    You may remember Mr. Barrett from the Jena Six protests. (See: Jena 6 Targeted By Hate Groups, from NPR). According to USA Today, Barrett and the Nationalist Movement were represented by Alexandria attorney Greg Aymond. A few weeks ago, Mr. Barrett was brutally murdered by one of his neighbors. Background, from MyFoxMemphis: At the arraignment in Rankin County Court, Undersheriff Bryan Bailey testified that McGee gave several statements to investigators. In one statement, Bailey testified that McGee told officers that he went to Barrett’s house to get on the computer to look up his Facebook account and Barrett made sexual…