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It’s no accident that voters in the United States are turning out to vote in earth-shaking, record-breaking numbers. People of all political persuasions seem to recognize that this is the most important election of our lifetimes. It is the first time in the nation’s history that Americans have faced a choice between freedom and socialism.  […]

The easy thing for the Republican Party to do this year would be to support an old-time politician as our candidate for Mayor-President.  Someone who is not very conservative but who could keep the Baton Rouge money establishment happy.  That candidate wouldn’t win, of course, but why rock the boat? This year, the Republican Party […]

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled with Rev. Tony Spell on a misdemeanor traffic ticket that goes back 21 years. When Rev. Tony Spell was being harassed by Gov. Edwards at the start of the pandemic, law enforcement agents justified his arrest because the pastor supposedly was a “wanted man” with an outstanding […]

 Just before 5 p.m. last Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 65 members of the Louisiana House of Representatives delivered to Gov. John Bel Edwards a petition terminating his emergency order on the coronavirus.  The effect was to immediately re-open the State of Louisiana and revoke the orders and mandates issued by unilateral action of the governor. […]

Gov. John Bel Edwards responded to the petition by the Louisiana House terminating his emergency orders by saying the petition is unconstitutional.  He claimed his emergency orders are still in effect.   The governor said he was no intention of giving up any of the powers he has assumed and would veto any bill passed […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish has announced its endorsement of businessman Jordan Piazza for Mayor-President in the Nov. 3 election.  Republican chairman Woody Jenkins said, “Jordan Piazza represents a new generation of leadership for our parish.  Other better-known Republicans have failed to generate excitement in the race for Mayor-President. Jordan Piazza is […]

Q. Describe your political philosophy.  A. Jordan Piazza “I’m a pro-business, small government Republican who believes in the Capitalist system to encourage competition and guide market prices. I do not support any government plan to restrict businesses currently being implemented during this pandemic. We need to encourage personal responsibility and open our economy immediately. We […]

Today, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry – along with the U. S. Department of Justice and ten other state Attorneys General – filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising […]

Nationwide, more than 50 million voters have already cast their ballots in the Presidential election coming up Tuesday, Nov. 3.  Here in Central, 11,616 voters cast ballots at the Central Library. However, many of those were not from Central. In Louisiana and especially in East Baton Rouge Parish, early voting has exploded.  High interest in the […]