CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Mind the Construction

    “Crazy” by Ray Lamontagne Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. Yes or no? Regardless, with a fedora hat tip to Ryan, I find it pretty awesome that the folks over at TPM Muckraker picked up on the story about the anti-Cazayoux robocaller. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Actually, not only did they pick up the story, they followed up on it and confirmed our suspicions: Darrell Glasper, the ousted chairman of BREC, was behind the attempt to suppress African-American votes during the run-off election between Don Cazayoux and Woody Jenkins. Mr. Glasper told the TPM Muckraker: Glasper told me that he’d been frustrated by…

  • The Daily Kingfish: Former BREC Chairman Allegedly Behind Voter Suppression Robocalls

    This morning, Ryan at The Daily Kingfish alerted us to an interesting development in the Jackson/Cazayoux robocall story: Apparently, the company responsible for placing those calls was listed as “Magnolia Computers,” which, as noted in the Louisiana Corporations Database, is owned by Darrell W. Glasper. Darrell Glasper was the controversial chairman of BREC. He has been lauded by the guys over at LouisianaConservative.com and lambasted by the folks at Rolfe McCollister’s Baton Rouge Business Report. McCollister recently wrote: This guy (Glasper) should have never been appointed in the first place and has been a disaster—and divisive force at BREC. That…

  • Bill Moyers: “Beware the Terrible Simplifiers”

    H/t to ProLa: Excerpt: Wright’s offensive opinions and inflammatory appearances are judged differently (than John Hagee, Pat Robertson and Billy Graham). He doesn’t fire a shot in anger, put a noose around anyone’s neck, call for insurrection, or plant a bomb in a church with children in Sunday school. What he does is to speak his mind in a language and style that unsettle some people, and says some things so outlandish and ill-advised that he finally leaves Obama no choice but to end their friendship. We are often exposed us to the corroding acid of the politics of personal…