General Excellence Louisiana Press Association National Newspaper Assn. Eight Wildcats on 4-5A All-District Team CENTRALCENTRAL CITYCITY See Page 13 ® & The Leader NEWSNEWSDecember 2020 • Vol. 23 No. 13 • 16 Pages • Circ. 10,000 • Central City News on Facebook • [email protected] • 225-261-5055 Trump: More Votes in LA Than Anyone in State History Big Victory in Electoral College Trump Electors Met In 7 Swing States To Lay Groundwork For Jan. 6 Challenge CENTRAL — The members of the Electoral College from Louisiana met at noon Monday in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol to perform its duty under the Consti- tution. All eight members voted to reelect President Donald J. Trump, in accordance with the votes of the people of the state Nov. 3, 2020. Each of the electors received 1,255,776 votes on behalf of Pres- ident Trump. His Democratic op- Newsome by Catherine Photo ponent, Vice President Joe Biden, received 856,034. At the same time Monday, MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - (left to right) Ross Little, Rodney Michael Collier, Beth Billings, Kay Katz, Eric members of the Electoral College Skrmetta, Woody Jenkins, Vinson Serio, and Robert Monti met at the State Capitol and cast eight votes for President Trump. from 49 other states and the Dis- the Trump electors called them- by allegations of widespread voter the Senate, each House withdraws trict of Columbia also met at their selves to order at the State Capitol, fraud and legal irregularities, espe- to consider which slate to adopt. state capitols to cast their ballots. elected officers, considered reso- cially in the swing states. The last time this occurred was in This time-honored tradition lutions, and then cast their votes On January 6, 2021, the Presi- 1960, when Hawaii submitted two established by the Constitution for President Trump. They signed dent of the Senate who is the slates. The Republican slate, which 230 years ago took on a different documents certifying their votes, Vice President will preside over a was certified by the governor, was role this year. Electors pledged which were transmitted to the Na- meeting of the Senate and House not accepted, but the Democratic to President Trump met in seven tional Archives and to the Presi- of Representatives. When two or slate for John Kennedy was. If a states where Joe Biden was certi- dent of the Senate. more slates of electors are present- slate is accepted by both the House fied as the winner. In each case, This election has been marred ed from a state to the President of See ROLE on Page 3 District Judge Rules Suit Has ‘Probability of Success’ State Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes Wins Round in Libel Suit Against Advocate Judge Alleges Paper lately. On July 20, 2020, the paper ment of the court that Hughes has reported that he had filed a libel a probability of success and that Knew Its Allegations suit against the Advocate in con- the district judge granted a Partial nection with the stories. Final Judgment can be presented to Were False and Is Since then, what the Advo- the jury at the trial on the merits. cate hasn’t reported is that Justice The libel suit primarily attacks Guilty of Actual Malice Hughes has scored a major vic- an editorial by the Advocate, tory in that suit. Last month, the which said that back in 1998, Woody Jenkins Advocate asked for a hearing on Hughes dated an attorney for a Editor a Special Motion to Strike, which party before his court. At the time, would have thrown the Justice out Hughes was single and a district CENTRAL — Louisiana Supreme of court. However, District Judge judge. Court Associate Justice Jeff Kevin Kimball ruled against the The charge was false, as dem- Hughes was the center of atten- Advocate and for Justice Hughes. onstrated by court documents and tion at the Baton Rouge Advocate Judge Kimball held that Hughes a prior news article by the Advo- for more than a year. Half a dozen “has established a probability of cate. At no time did then-District major front-page articles held up success on his case.” The judge or- Judge Hughes hear a case while he the judge as the epitome of un- dered the Advocate to pay $5,000 was dating one of the parties’ at- ethical behavior on the bench. An- toward Hughes’ attorney fees. He torneys, nor did he have a conflict other two dozen stories mentioned also signed a Partial Final Judg- of interest over the matter. him as an example of judges who ment in the case. After the editorial ran in the Ad- avoid being held accountable for Justice Hughes has asked for vocate, Hughes met with the edi- their misbehavior. a jury in the case, indicating that tors and reporters of the Advocate However, the Advocate hasn’t Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes he will seek more than $50,000 in to request a retraction. written much about Justice Hughes wins round in libel suit. damages. The preliminary judg- See JUSTICE on Page 16 2 CENTRAL CITY NEWS December 19, 2020 President Donald Trump Wins State’s Electoral Votes After Landslide Victory PRESIDENT TRUMP WINS BIG VICTORY AT LOUISIANA’S ELECTORAL COLLEGE after receiving more than 1.2 million votes in Louisiana. Shown (left to right) are electors Ross Little, Woody Jenkins, and Vinson Serio, and Republican state chairman Louis Gurvich. The members cast all eight of Louisiana’s electoral votes for President Trump. Louisiana’s 2020 Electoral College sworn in on Monday, December 14, 2020, at the State Capitol Eric Skrmetta, Chairman Electors reviewing resolutions — Eric Skrmetta, Vinson Serio, and Woody Jenkins; Serio, Ross Little, and Jenkins; and Jenkins speaking on a resolution Louisiana’s Electoral College Beth Billings; Margaret Jenkins Savoye, Woody and Diane Jenkins, Catherine Jenkins Newsome; pastor Caleb Martin December 19, 2020 CENTRAL CITY NEWS 3 RoleContinued from of Page 1 Electoral College Looms Large and Senate, the electoral votes of that slate will counted. However, if either the House or Senate dis- Two Elected to Metro Council from Central approves a slate of electors, that CENTRAL — Voters in the City Monticello and Sherwood Forest, state’s votes cannot be counted. of Central helped elect two new Central City Councilman Aaron Under the Constitution, if either members of the Metro Council Moak defeated Taneka James Trump or Biden fails to receive Saturday from districts represent- 7,515 to 3,153, or 70% to 30%. 270 electoral votes, the responsi- ing parts of the city. Moak is a Republican and James bility to elect the next President is • In District 1, which includes is a Democrat. Moak will replace conferred on the House of Repre- Zachary and the northern part of Mayor Pro-Tem Scott Wilson who sentatives. In the House, each del- Central, Brandon Noel (left), a for- was also term limited. Welch and egation has one vote. Republicans mer member of the Zachary City Wilson are Republicans. Council, was elected to replace • Mayor-President Sharon Wes- control a majority of state delega- outgoing Metro Council member ton Broome was reelected 65,495 tions, so the House would prob- Trae Welch, who was term limited. to 50,353, or 57% to 43%, parish ably reelect President Trump. Noel, a Republican, defeated Dem- Councilmen Brandon Noel • Aaron Moak wide over former Rep. Stephen Contrary to reports from liberal ocrat Eric Lewis 6,310 to 5,366, or • In District 4, which includes Carter. Broome is a Democrat and media outlets, allegations of vote 54% to 46%. Carter is a Republican. fraud have been widespread since the southern portion Central plus the Nov. 3 election — enough to change the outcome in at least the rity camera video emerged a month peared to be in on the fraud pulled tify the Trump electors in place of states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, after the election. In the video, poll a zip drive from her pocket and those previously certified — on Michigan, and Wisconsin. workers are shown telling the me- surreptitiously placed it in the grounds of vote fraud. State legislatures in each of dia and Republican observers that jacket of the poll worker who had Even if that is not done, Congress those states plus Arizona and Ne- the vote counting was over for the made everyone leave. All voting has the power to accept any slate of vada have held hearings on vote night. Once the media and the ob- results are transferred via ordinary electors it chooses. If the electors in fraud in their states. The evidence servers were gone, the poll worker zip drives from the scanning ma- a state were chosen by fraud or cor- has been powerful in all of those who had ordered everyone to leave chines to the main computer. ruption, that would give Congress states. pulled out four large cases of bal- Biden’s victory margin in Geor- the freedom to accept another slate. One of the most startling cases lots, totalling about 19,000 votes, gia was only 9,000 votes. A well-produced video docu- of possible vote fraud occurred in and proceeded to run them through Testimony and hundreds of menting much of the vote fraud in the State of Georgia, where a secu- the Dominion scanning machine. sworn affidavits provided to state the election can be found at At one point, a worker who ap- legislatures in the swing states pro- vided a vast amount of evidence of vote fraud in the Nov. 3 election. Documentary on Vote Fraud COMING Nevertheless, the liberal media Who’s Stealing America? SOON and social media continue to insist He said the Advocate had in its that there is no evidence of vote possession at that time court docu- NEWZHOUND.US fraud, no matter what evidence has Download QR ments proving the charge was false Code Reader, Conservative actually been revealed.