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clancygambit

  1. Never thought I'd one day put a "-30-" on the story of my old paper. bit.ly/Jxar4A
  2. Hospitality Zone bill appears dead after amendments prove unacceptable to tourism leaders. bit.ly/K6P8aY
  3. Tour de Lis annual fun run/walk/ride for local cancer survivors this Sat at City Park's Popp Fountain. bit.ly/LGPjwy
  4. Head versus Willard-Lewis election was contest between old and new, not black and white. bit.ly/IaoPha
  5. Head's margin is less than 1 vote per precinct. Think your vote doesn't count?
  6. Only 6 precincts out. CWL leads by 106 votes but remaining vote could make it even closer.
  7. Key for Willard-Lewis was early voting. She beat Head 4,181 to 2,837 in early ballots.
  8. LA faces a budget shortfall THIS fiscal year of $200MM to $300MM -- by June 30. Could be worse next yr. Jindal clueless.
  9. Jindal outed as supporting A.G. Crowe's segregationist bill, but senators hit the pause button. bit.ly/JD5nJG
  10. Jindal asks Senators to pass AG Crowe's segregation bill (SB217), but they voted to return it to calendar instead. Rare defeat for Jindal.
  11. Landrieu's support for Willard-Lewis equalizes things in the council at-large race. bit.ly/IRWQ8V
  12. Mitch Landrieu endorsing Willard-Lewis today in council at-large race. Will make things even more interesting.
  13. Mitch Landrieu ent today at 4: probably endorsing Willard- Lewis in at-large race.
  14. Where does Jindal stand on La.'s latest segregation bill? His national ambitions are on the line. bit.ly/HoWTva
  15. Bobby Jindal's ethical 'gold standard' needs polishing. PAR has good suggestions. bit.ly/HqJrCf
  16. LSU student newspaper shows what's wrong with LSU System - bloated bureaucracy. bit.ly/Hs7e55
  17. Defense atty answers Sal Perricone in kind — hysterically funny! bit.ly/GJP8z3
  18. Perricone was no H.L. Mencken, just a quasi-literate poseur. bit.ly/yqCmXA
  19. Feds have cleared former 1st City Court Judge Sonja Spears after 2-year investigation. bit.ly/z2P86T
  20. Zach Kopplin, college freshman, again leads the charge to repeal "creationism" law in LA. bit.ly/AdnQ4I