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'Mary, Come on Home, Girl! There's Another Life!' Baton Rouge’s CAPITAL CITY Community Newspaper CAPITAL CITY The Giant Slayer Rouzan • CH2MHill • The State Meet the Modest Attorney Who Takes on the Big Guys and Wins ® NEWSNEWSMarch 2014 Edition • Vol. 23, No. 3 • 20 Pages • Total Circulation 26,000 • www.centralcitynews.us • 225-261-5055 Group Needs 18,000 Signatures for Nov. Vote GOPNew Plan Backs St. George To Create Parish Republican Party Supports Petition Drive 4 Districts BATON ROUGE - The The Republican Par- effort to incorporate the ish Executive Com- proposed City of St. mittee voted to support In EBR George (pop. 107,000) placing incorporation BATON ROUGE - Sen. Bodi White has intro- has picked up a new ally before voters. duced SB 484 in the cur- — the Republican Party In a statement, the rent session of the Loui- of the East Baton Rouge GOP said, siana Legislature that Parish. “Hundreds of volun- would revamp the gov- The GOP has announ- teers have been work- ernance of the East Ba- ced its endorsement of ing for months to secure ton Rouge Parish school efforts to put the pro- 18,000 signatures on a system. The bill would posed incorporation on petition to call an elec- create four subdistricts the election ballot. St. tion on incorporation.” within the system: George leader Norman “The pro-St. George • Southeast Baton Browning said his group movement has demon- Rouge School District is aiming for a public strated important points • South Baton Rouge referendum on Tuesday, that every citizen should District Nov. 4, 2014, the same consider: • Mid-City School day as U.S. Senate and “St. George is the fast- District Congress. See Page 4, Col. 1 • North Baton Rouge School District Central, Zachary, and Jr. Shelton, candidate for Mayor, with wife Rita See Page 20, Col. 1 Baker school system would be unaffected. Jr. Shelton Endorsed Under the legislation, See Page 3, Col. 1 Norman Browning, leader of movement to incorporate City of St. George For Mayor of Central CENTRAL - The Re- The action was taken publican Party of East by the Republican Par- $228 Million in BREC Taxes on April 5 Ballot Baton Rouge Parish has ish Executive Commit BATON ROUGE - Voters BREC, the Recreation property taxes that raise parks, and operate exist- endorsed businessman tee or PEC, the 17-mem- throughout East Baton and Park Commission $22.8 million a year ing parks. Voters in all Jr. Shelton for Mayor ber elected body estab- Rouge Parish will face for the parish, in the for 10 years. The tax four cities in the parish of the City of Central in lished by state law to property tax renewals to- April 5 election. The tax would be used to oper- and in unincorporated municipal elections set govern the party in the talling $228 million for includes 6.2 mills in ate BREC, acquire new areas will vote. for Saturday, April 5. See Page 5, Col. 1 Former Mayor Moon Landrieu Has Advice for His Embattled Daughter ‘Mary, come on home, girl! There’s another life!’ Poll Shows Voters indicated the likelihood See Page 11, Col. 1 of a runoff. That almost Dissatisfied With always spells trouble Landrieu’s Tenure for an incumbent. Meanwhile, in an in- As State’s Senator terview with the New NEW ORLEANS - Incum- York Times, Sen. Lan- bent U.S. Sen. Mary Lan- drieu’s father, former drieu is running for re- New Orleans Mayor election this fall, and so Moon Landrieu made far the race looks like a an amazing admission toss up. A mid-Febru- — that he advised his ary poll by Democratic daughter either not to pollsters Public Policy seek reelection or at the Pollsters (PPP) showed least to prepare for de- Landrieu having only a feat. Mayor Moon Landrieu narrow lead over much Moon Landrieu said, “I have at times said, The Landrieu family busi- lesser known Republi- ness is politics, and the pa- can opponents. ‘Mary, come on home, triarch of that family knows PPP showed Landrieu girl. There’s another life there’s an end to every good ahead of Congressman out here,’ ” he said. run. He spoke out to the Bill Cassidy 45-44. She Asked why his chil- New York Times and had was leading Col. Rob dren keep running, the some surprising advice for Maness 47-42 and State elder Landrieu said, his daughter, Mary Landrieu, Sen. Paul Hollis 48-42. “That’s our business. who faces tough reelection. All of the polls taken That’s what we do.” 2 CITY NEWS March 2014 PULLING A LOOSE COMMUNITY PRESS, LLC TOOTH — CAPITAL CITY NEWS CENTRAL CITY NEWS & South Baton Rouge Journal Vol. 23 • No. 3 & The Leader Vol. 17 • No. 3, No. 357 Greg Smith works on 910 North Foster Drive Post Office Box 1 7-year-old Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 daughter Han- Phone (225) 261-5055 • Entire contents © 2013 nah’s loose Email stories and photos to [email protected] tooth. Published on the first Thursday of each month (except January, when it is the “Just wiggle it, second Thursday) by Community Press, LLC daddy, don’t The Leader was founded April 30, 1998, and the Central City News was founded April 21, pull it!” she 2005. They merged May 4, 2006. Capital City News is a continuation of the South Baton Rouge Journal, which went on hiatus in 2008 during its 20th year of publication. The Cap- begged. ital City News resumed publication of the Journal with Vol. 21, No. 1 on Aug. 16, 2012. “Oh, I won’t!” he promised. Editor & Publisher Woody Jenkins Then whap! he Business Manager Candi Lee pulled it! Business Specialist Jolice Provost “But you said Member, Louisiana Press Association, Southern Newspaper Publishers you wouldn’t!” Association, and National Newspaper Association she cried. Deadline for news and advertising: 5 p.m. Friday before publication “I didn’t pull it, $18 a year by subscription in advance • $25 a year outside East Baton Rouge just wiggled it hard!” Country Living in the City Smith byLori Photo he said. How to Have a Better Facebook Experience writing, editing, and publishing, and ter? “Do unto others as you would have personal lives and in their messages. we’re going to spend most of four them do unto you!” The Golden Rule! Reach out to the real person in mes- When in Doubt, years teaching them to you. But the It applies to all of us all the time, even sages in order to resolve differences or most important rule is this: When in on Facebook! I think of my friends on smooth things over. Why can’t we be doubt, leave it out!” Facebook as a group of us sitting at my kind in our posts and comments? Of Leave It Out! Your instincts will probably tell you kitchen table. It’s a time for fellow- course we can! That doesn’t mean we — Prof. Nick Plasterer that you are about to make a mistake ship, an exchange of information, and can’t disagree and disagree strongly. in writing something. Listen to your inspiration. It’s a great chance to build On Facebook, minds are almost nev- Woody Jenkins instincts. If they are telling you this is friendships and grow in our knowl- er changed by critical comments, rude Editor a bad idea, listen! It probably is much edge and enjoyment of life. If we think remarks, or back-and-forth tit-for-tat worse than you think! of Facebook as all of us sitting at the exchanges. But thoughtful, intelligent, When I was about four, I said some- Someone once told me, “You may kitchen table in one of our homes, it is respectful and pleasant exchanges thing I shouldn’t have. My mama gave look a fool, but why speak and remove a very different experience. We treat present the opportunity to learn and me a spanking (to help me concentrate all doubt?” Hmmm. That’s pretty good! them with the respect we would if they grow. “When in doubt, leave it out!” LOL) and told me to “think before you If you really don’t know what you’re were guests in Yes, a great rule. And it also applies to speak.” talking about, why expose that fact to our home. mistakes we made in the past. Over the next 60 years, she repeated thousands of people? When people When something is printed in the those words to me many, many times. Ridicule and sarcasm are poison. have other ideas newspaper, you can make a retraction “Think before you speak!” Indeed! Avoid them like the plague. Being curt about Facebook or an apology, but things are never quite When I was six, she found some- and mean-spirited only reveals the per- and misuse it, I the same. But on Facebook, you can go thing I had written that was ugly and sonality problems of the curt, mean- send them per- back and delete a post that you made showed it to me. I was embarrassed. spirited writer. sonal messages that was ill-conceived or mean. Just go She said, “Don’t write anything down Remember, you have every right to and try to clear back and hit delete! I can say this about unless you’d like to have it published unfriend or ban from your page and up misunder- Facebook: I have never regretted going on the front page of the newspaper!” I your life anyone that brings you down. standings. Often, back and deleting an inappropriate post was only six, mind you, but that’s what So there’s no need to put up with peo- people are totally or comment.
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