CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Jardon: (The Town Talk) Forums “Get an F for Intelligent, Meaningful Conversation.”

    Cynthia Jardon, the editor of the editorial page of The Town Talk, recently blogged about her frustrations with the paper’s online forum, also known as StoryChat. StoryChat is a function of all of the Gannett papers in the State, and although some of the forums may be slightly more informative than others, it’s hard to disagree with Ms. Jardon’s assessment of The Town Talk’s forum. She writes: Our forums get an “F” for intelligent, meaningful conversation. Most of what goes on is attacks and arguments between posters. And she asks what can be done to improve the discourse. Unfortunately, not…

  • To My Friends at Cenla Antics

    Guys: We’ve been arguing for nearly two years now. But don’t get me wrong: I’m not writing you in order to attempt to reach a peace agreement. I think that the tone of your on-going discussion (and the way in which you treat politics) is deeply offensive, wrong-headed, occasionally bigoted and racist, and often borders on being defamatory. I think readers who simply review the bulk of the material posted on the website throughout the past two years will reach the same conclusions about the overall tone of the discussion. – Lamar I’ve said this before, and I can already…

  • WWL-TV: Orleans Parish Floodwalls Stuffed with Newspaper

    WWL-TV (CBS) tonight reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers hired a Lafayette company to repair and raise floodwalls following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The company was awarded the contract even though they are not licensed by the State of Louisiana. According to Corps officials the Federal government is not required to consider Louisiana licensing requirements when selecting contractors. As a St. Bernard resident who witnessed the “construction” points out: “It’s like putting a Band-Aid on the hole of a gas tank of an airplane,” the resident said. Instead of an airplane, it’s a floodwall, and instead of a…