CenLamar | Est. 2006

I had wanted to write about Cleco reporting a 30% increase in profits, the joy the Woodworth Police Department expressed in writing tickets ONE MILE over the speed limit, and the dangers of reading too much into the zodiac. Perhaps I will return to this issue at some point, but for now: There have been two particularly incendiary entries written on Cenla Antics concerning my grandmother, Joanne White. One writer proclaimed, “Lamar White Jr. is a continuation of the silk stocking gang, silver spoon in their mouths families that have long controlled Alexandria. His Grandmother owns her church, having music…

Lamar’s Book Club Pick of the Week: The Judas Goat!

Attack Ads and Fancy Platitudes: I think they’re publishing my letter in tomorrow’s paper. In other news… If I weren’t a child, I’d probably understand why this person felt the need to write this anonymous letter. Perhaps because of my youthful naivete, I have no idea what point the writer is actually trying to express. Personally, I think the letter reads like a convoluted rant of platitudes and vaguely religious language posing as originality. That critique, I realize, is based on my subjective relationship with language. Criticism of this nature should be balanced with empirical data or evidence. To “we…