CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • LA-04: With McCrery Out, Democrats Can Seize Opportunity

    During the first week of December 2007, Louisiana Congressman Jim McCrery (R-Leesville) announced that he will not be seeking re-election in 2008. When he was first elected in 1988, McCrery was only the sixth Republican to represent Louisiana since Reconstruction. District 4 encompasses all of Northwest Louisiana, including, most notably, Shreveport, Natchitoches, and Bossier City, and although the district has remained under Republican representation throughout the past twenty years, there is ample evidence to suggest that it can be highly competitive. As PointeCoupeeDemocrat points out, District Four is not exactly a Republican stronghold. Indeed, Senator Mary Landrieu carried the district…

  • “Hot Pants” On the Loose

    Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. From today’s paper: A Pollock woman and a Cordova, Tenn., man were robbed late Sunday night while guests at the Alexandria Inn, 1212 MacArthur Drive, according to Alexandria police. No arrests have been reported. A 49-year-old Pollock woman told police that earlier Sunday she was invited to a room by a female friend. Around 11 p.m. Sunday, she drove to a store and returned to find another woman she only knows as “Hot Pants” in the room, who stated the victim owed her money, according to police. An argument ensued in which “Hot Pants” hit…

  • Stagg Says Louisiana Democratic Party Leadership is Non-Existant (And My Observations)

    Last weekend, former Louisiana gubernatorial candidate (and a noted champion of Lafayette’s nationally-acclaimed municipal fiber optics project) Mike Stagg hosted a conference in Lafayette about the future of the Louisiana Democratic Party. Although I could not attend, fortunately, Daniel T. Smith was able to make it, along with a number of fellow bloggers, activists, and elected officials. In lieu of attending, I offer a few observations. Obviously, despite the fact that the Democratic Party retained majorities in the State Senate and House, it still has a lot of explaining to do: The governor’s race was bungled. Four years ago, the…