CenLamar | Est. 2006

Defeat William Jefferson! Vote Karen Carter! Those of us in Central Louisiana may not be in the same Congressional district as our friends in the 2nd. (We’re represented by Rodney Alexander. Remember him? The guy whose page got creeped out by Mark Foley, the guy whose secretary was pen pals with convicted murderer Scott Peterson, the guy whose chief of staff, Royal, is now being sued for sexual harassment… and all of this came to light only two months before the election. Yeah, that’s our Congressman!). But even those of us in Central Louisiana have a limit to what our…

Initial Dispatch from the Roy Transition Team Yesterday, Mayor-elect Jacques Roy and his transition team gathered at the Bolton Avenue Community Center to begin work on laying out a foundation of ideas and plans for the next four years. Mr. Roy spoke for approximately forty-five minutes, instructing team members on their duties and his vision of smart growth (or community-based planning) for Alexandria. Urban planner Pat Moore, who will advise the Mayor-elect on Vision, gave a twenty-minute presentation on smart growth principles and what he called “growing buffalo food” (which, he explained, are ways in which a community can bolster…

Roy Transition Team Set to Meet This Afternoon Seventy-plus members of Mayor-elect Jacques Roy’s transition team will be meeting for the first time later today. Roy is expected to speak for about an hour, laying out his vision for Alexandria and instructing transition team members on their duties. Specifically, Jacques Roy will be asking team members to consider: · Community-based planning · How to articulate a vision and who is passionate in our city to achieve it · Promoting an image for the city, and overcoming the limitations to that image · How to best create and sustain numerous partnerships…