CenLamar | Est. 2006

Last Sunday at Martin Wine Cellar in Uptown New Orleans, veteran political journalists Tyler Bridges and Jeremy Alford signed copies of their new book, Long Shot: A Soldier, A Senator, An Epic Louisiana Election. Clancy Dubos, the co-owner of the alt-weekly Gambit and the editor of the book, hovered around the audience. So too did James Carville and Mary Matalin, who had both written separate introductions. Over the course of 2 hours, more than 250 people streamed in, remarkable, in part, because their book signing was competing against another major event; the New Orleans Saints were playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The book…

Yesterday, Rosemary “Stormy” Rothkamm-Hambrice, the ex-wife of former-Sheriff’s deputy and current United States Congressional candidate Clay Higgins, posted a lengthy missive on Facebook, excoriating her ex-husband for failing to pay over $140,000 (including interest) on back child support. Higgins, through his spokesman, had attempted to minimize the situation. “The timing of this is ridiculous,” Higgins’s communications director recently told The Advocate. Rothkamm-Hambrice vehemently disagrees and in explaining her decision to come forward now, she writes, “Our children have seen all of the hateful posts my former husband has posted on his political page to which I have not responded. Some of his…