CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • “Mr. Villere Is More Interested In Bigotry.”

    For those of you who do not know, Roger Villere is the Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana. Recently, Mr. Villere and the Republican Party of Louisiana have invested in a couple of smear websites specifically targeting Democratic opponents (and without any mention of the Republican challenger(s) in those respective districts). If you have donated to the Louisiana Republican Party, then you deserve to know where your money has gone. Exhibit A: There is nothing quite like using the iconography of The Sopranos to attack an Italian-American man on scurrilous and unfounded charges. From The Times-Picayune: It is the…

  • Empty Rhetoric: The Town Talk’s Endorsement of Rep. Jindal

    Today, Alexandria’s newspaper, The Town Talk, surprised no one when they endorsed Representative Bobby Jindal for Louisiana Governor. Jindal entered this race as the front-runner, and according to the latest polls, although his lead is slipping, he is still in good shape. The Town Talk begs us to vote for Jindal in the jungle primary so that he can avoid a run-off election. They know what many of us have been saying all along: If Jindal is in a run-off election, then his chances for victory diminish significantly. This inevitability has nothing to do with Jindal’s ethnicity, as some may…

  • Rebirth in Downtown Alexandria

    TOMORROW, OCTOBER 12, 2007,  Alexandria welcomes one of the best musical acts in the nation, Louisiana’s own Rebirth Brass Band, in a free concert at the steps of City Hall. During the past 25 years, Rebirth Brass Band has toured Europe more than twenty times. They’ve entertained thousands in Japan and Africa. They’ve shared the stage with musical luminaries like the Grateful Dead, the Meters, George Clinton, and Ani DiFranco. Tomorrow’s concert will be held in conjunction with the semi-annual ArtWalk, an event in which Downtown businesses, churches, and museums open their doors and display their own collections of local,…