CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Le mandat putatif and the State House of Representatives

    The Republican noise machine, particularly Moon Griffon and his listeners at KALB-TV Alexandria, are referring to the results of the jungle primary as “a mandate.” According to those who are exploiting this trope for all that it may be worth, Jindal has every reason to involve himself in the outstanding legislative races. Too bad they fail to realize that 54% is not a mandate. But too bad they have every intention to pollute the mediascape with the byproducts of all the partisan bilge they are spoonfed by the Republican Party operatives who bankroll their enterprises. That Jindal has affirmed an…

  • Allegations Swirl in the Race for Rapides Parish Sheriff: Did Mike Slocum Graduate from High School?

    Update: Mike Slocum told Michele Godard of KALB that he did, in fact, graduate from Buckeye High School. (More later…) I bring this up with a preface: I have the utmost respect for Major Slocum, and I prefer not to be engaged in the endlessly repetitive conversation currently occuring over at The Town Talk’s website. But yesterday’s paper revealed a stunning allegation that has yet to be addressed by StoryChat participants or the Slocum campaign (bold mine): “I’m the only candidate with a college degree, a degree in criminal justice from Louisiana College,” Wagner said, after questioning whether Slocum finished…

  • A Post-Election Addendum

    Most of the 27,000 people who visited Secretary Dardenne’s website over the weekend were met with the same problem: Around 9:30PM CST, the site (basically) crashed. Reporters, supporters, and candidates scrambled to find out election returns, while the site seemed to be in permanent refresh mode. Interminently, the site behaved, and thankfully, we were able to deliver information, often 20 to 30 minutes before the mainstream media was let in. Today, a friend called to remind me of an important fact left out of our post-election analysis: In Saturday’s gubernatorial election, Bobby Jindal actually received only 23,143 more votes than…