CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Economic Development Department Is Important for Louisiana’s Future

    For some strange reason, a handful of Louisiana Republicans cannot understand that when you’re trying to attract a German steel company or a Japanese car company to Louisiana, you typically have to fly to Japan and Germany, meet with the individuals behind those companies, and attempt to put together a deal. Secretary Michael Olivier has traveled across the world in an attempt to bring commerce and industry to Louisiana. He and his department have a consistent track record of placing Louisiana in the short list for a string of mega-billion dollar projects, many of whom were hampered by the hurricanes…

  • Louisianans United for Reform: More Lobbyists, More Special Interests and More LCRM for Lance Maxwell (R – Bought & Bossed)

    So a PAC named Louisianans United for Reform has decided to adulterate our soundscape with 10 days of negative radio advertisements produced by Media Strategies and Research of Fairfax, Virginia. The goal, of course, is to distort the record of Chris Roy, Jr. How convenient for little Lance Maxwell: now that he has condemned the LCRM for airing an egregious and misleading advertisement about Chris Roy, Jr., during the jungle primary, a new PAC that ostensibly supports the reformation of the political process will dump $9,000 of more political toxic waste in Rapides and Vernon parishes on Maxwell’s behalf and…

  • KALB: “It Makes Me Feel Like It Was a Hit List;” More Than Thirty Employees Corroborated Intimidation Claims

    Responding to allegations that their coverage has been “biased” and that they have been simply “used” by the campaign of Sheriff candidate Chuck Wagner, KALB reported today that in the days following their initial report on politicking and intimidation in the Sheriff’s Department, they were “flooded” with phone calls from sheriff’s deputies opining on the story. (This link includes nearly 18 minutes of videotaped interviews with deputies speaking about intimidation tactics and the politicization of the department). According to the report, KALB spent over two weeks investigating, during which time they received phone calls from over 30 employees corroborating the…