CenLamar | Est. 2006

Roy Asks Kay Michiels To Become Alexandria’s Next “Chief of Staff” Yesterday evening, Jacques Roy announced that he will be appointing Kay Michiels, an Alexandria attorney and former educator, to become his operational assistant, a position his predecessor, Ned Randolph, referred to as chief of staff. Michiels has agreed to the appointment and states that she looks forward to working in the Roy administration.

Roy Sworn In As Alexandria’s New Mayor Earlier this afternoon, Jacques Roy was sworn in as Alexandria’s 23rd mayor in an outdoor ceremony held on the banks of the Red River. Prior to the ceremony, around two hundred people crowded the pews of St. Francis Xavier for a mass service. After the service, the Peabody Marching Band led Roy and several others, including Ned Randolph and his wife Deborah, in a small parade down Third Street and up Jackson to the Riverfront Center. The theme of the inauguration was “In Celebration of a Renewed Spirit,” which mimics Randolph’s inaugural theme…

James Howard Kunstler’s View on the Future of American Cities My friend over at Cenla Education Watch sent me a link to this brilliant article concerning the future of American cities. Here’s an excerpt: I hasten to add it is a mistake to suppose that the US industrial economy has already been replaced by a so-called “information” economy or a consumer economy. In reality, manufacturing activities have been insidiously replaced over the past twenty years by a suburban-sprawl-building economy – and the mass production of suburban houses, highways, strip malls and big box stores is just a different sort of…