Baton Rouge’s CAPITALCAPITAL CITYCITY Community Newspaper PATRIOTS VOTE November 4, 2014 ® NEWSNEWSOctober 2014 Edition • Vol. 23, No. 10 • 20 Pages • Circulation 20,000 copies • www.capitalcitynews.us • 225-261-5055 Challenges Metro Council Action Appeal Filed in In 1st Circuit on Mall Annexation BATON ROUGE — Capital City News edi- tor Woody Jenkins has filed a brief with the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal challeng- Election ing a ruling by District Judge Janice Clark in the Mall annexation controversy. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 Jenkins filed suit in June that the Metro On the Ballot in SBR Council had no legal authority to annex United States Senate portions of the Mall of Louisiana. Bill Cassidy R The annexation by the Council in May Mary Landrieu D provided that the City of Baton Rouge Rob Maness R would annex the smaller stores in the Mall, — and 6 others — the hallways, and some of the parking lots. However, the largest anchor stores, such Congress - 6th District as Sears, Penney’s, Dillard’s, and Macy’s Bob Bell R refused to sign the annexation petition Dan Claitor R and were not included in the annexation. Rufus Holt Craig L The result was a map showing large donut Paul Dietzel II R holes inside the proposed new city limits. Edwin Edwards D Jenkins said this creates an illegal and Cassie Felder R unworkable situation where Baton Rouge Garret Graves R City Police would patrol the hallways and Craig McCulluch R smaller stores, while Sheriff’s deputies Trey Thomas R would have responsibility for the anchor Lenar Whitney R stores. Anyone who walked through the — and 2 others — Mall would go in and out of the City of District Judge • Div. J Photo by Ron Moore Ron by Photo Baton Rouge numerous times, he said. Gideon T. Carter D Jenkins filed suit against the City of Ba- RANKED NO. 5 — Catholic High (3-1) rose to No. 5 in State 5A football Tuesday. Trudy White D ton Rouge, alleging that the East Baton Alfred C. Williams D Rouge Parish Plan of Government requires that annexations be of a “compact body of District Judge • Div. K land.” The city also failed to meet many Tiffany Foxworth D other legal standards, Jenkins argued. In Nina S. Hunter D Early Voting July, Judge Clark ruled that Jenkins had no Bonnie Jackson D standing to file the suit. However, Jenkins District Judge • Div. I alleges in his appeal that the Plan of Gov- Mike Caldwell R ernment clearly says “any citizen” has the Randy Piedrahita R Oct. 21-28 right to challenge an illegal annexation. The city has until Oct. 15 to file its own Juvenile Court • Sec. 1A brief with the Court of Appeal. Adam J. Haney R Dedrick Moore D Kathleen Stewart Richey D Cassidy, Maness Challenge Landrieu Juvenile Court • Sec. 2B Gail Atkins Glover D Pam Taylor Johnson D Family Court • Div. D Hunter Greene R Three-Way Battle for U. S. Senate Annette Lassalle R CENTRAL — Two Republi- can candidates are challeng- EBR School Board • ing Sen. Mary Landrieu in District 1 the Nov. 4 election, and she Jennifer Andrews D appears vulnerable to either. Mark Bellue R In a CNN poll published Mary Lynch NP this week, Congressman Bill District 5 Cassidy (R) was leading Jerry Arbour R Landrieu 50-47, while Col. Patty Merrick D Rob Maness (R) and Land- Evelyn Ware-Jackson D rieu were tied 48-48. The W. T. Winfield D runoff, if necessary, will be District 7 Dec. 6. Former Alaska Gov. Barbara Freiberg R Sarah Palin was in Louisi- Anthony Nelson D ana last Saturday to cam- paign for Maness. District 8 Cassidy and Landrieu and Christopher Bailey R their allies have been attack- Jenkins byWoody Photo Connie Bernard R ing one another on every- Charles O’Brien R thing from veterans benefits MAJOR CANDIDATES FOR U. S. SENATE — Congressman Bill Cassidy, Sen. Mary Landrieu, and Col. Rob Maness. Joan Wallyn R to Obamacare to illegal im- and national groups on neg- both Cassidy and Landrieu. will apparently participate Blue have been endorsed by migration. ative attack ads, and they Both Landrieu and Maness in an LPB debate at 7 p.m. Democratic Party of EBR Parish Millions have already seem to be having an effect, say Cassidy is dodging tele- Oct. 14 and a WAFB debate Red by Republican Party of EBR. been spent by the candidates creating more negatives for vised debates, but all three Oct. 29. 2 CITY NEWS Thursday, October 2, 2014 COMMUNITY PRESS, LLC CAPITAL CITY NEWS CENTRAL CITY NEWS & South Baton Rouge Journal Vol. 23 • No. 10 & The Leader Vol. 17 • No. 12, No. 367 910 North Foster Drive Post Office Box 1 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 Phone (225) 261-5055 • Entire contents © 2014 Email stories and photos to [email protected] Published on the first Thursday of each month (except January, when it is the second Thursday) by Community Press, LLC The Leader was founded April 30, 1998, and the Central City News was founded April 21, 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- ital City News resumed publication of the Journal with Vol. 21, No. 1 on Aug. 16, 2012. Editor & Publisher Woody Jenkins Business Manager Candi Lee Business Specialist Jolice Provost Member, Louisiana Press Association, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association Deadline for news and advertising: 5 p.m. Friday before publication $18 a year by subscription in advance • $25 a year outside East Baton Rouge Country Living in the City Sen. Mary Landrieu, a self-proclaimed moderate, votes with Obama 97% of the time. It Comes Down to Louisiana and Its Senate Seat in his effort to run this country by ex- ecutive fiat. And by supporting Harry Two Republicans Reid, she kills more than 300 bills that have been passed by the conservative House of Repre- Fight to Face Off sentatives and are awaiting action by Against Landrieu the Senate. Landrieu stands Woody Jenkins for abortion, gun Editor control, reckless spending, and a The contrast between Sen. Mary weaker national Landrieu and her two Republican op- defense. Mean- ponents could hardly be more stark. while, the Republi- Landrieu is a doctrinaire liberal on al- cans, Bill Cassidy most every issue. She votes with Presi- Woody Jenkins and Rob Maness, dent Obama 97 percent of the time. stand on the right side of the issues. Landrieu’s support of Senate Majority Either will be a strong challenger to Leader Harry Reid gives Obama con- Landrieu in the Dec. 6 runoff. Please trol of the Senate and facilitates Obama exercise your patriotic duty and vote! 225-261-2995 Congressman Bill Cassidy and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain Lewis Wrecker Service, Inc. Family Owned and Operated since 1956 Remember When? Lewis Cafe on Airline Highway in the 1950’s 9555 Joor Road Central, LA 70818 You have tried the rest! Now USE the BEST! Republican Senatorial candidate Col. Rob Maness shows former Gov. Sarah Palin a Louisiana alligator. Palin was in the state to campaign for Maness against Landrieu. CITY NEWS Thursday, October 2, 2014 3 Baker-Central-Zachary to Fill Six Judgeships Nov. 4 Candidates for Judgeships at Chamber EBR District Judge - ES2 Div. A - Hernandez vs. Greggs District Judge - ES2 Div. G - Anderson vs. Plummer Judge Todd Hernandez Attorney Colette Greggs Judge Richard Anderson Attorney Joyce Plummer District Judge - ES2 Div. L - Erwin vs. Welch Voters in Central to Help Elect Five New Judges BATON ROUGE — Voters in the City of Central will help elect five district, juvenile, and family court judges in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Many of the candidates par- ticipated in a Judicial Forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge, a small business chamber.Continued from Page 2 In four instances, incumbent judges are being challenged for reelection by local attorneys. But Judge Kay Bates of Division M is not seeking reelection, and her seat has at- tracted five candidates. One of the five, Jamie Morain Zan- ovec, a Central High grad, was not able to participate in the Judicial Forum. Jamie Zanovec Judge Mike Erwin Metro Councilman Trae Welch Chamber EBR Judicial Forum • Sept. 23, 2014 SEALE FUNERAL HOME 99959995 HooperHooper Road,Road, Central,Central, 225-236-0800225-236-0800 •• www.sealefuneral.comwww.sealefuneral.com InIn HonorHonor ofof ThoseThose WhoWho Serve,Serve, WeWe offeroffer SpecialSpecial DiscountsDiscounts ForFor OurOur VeteransVeterans 4 CITY NEWS Thursday, October 2, 2014 District, Juvenile, Family Court Candidates District Judge - ES2 Div. M - Coon vs. Davis vs. Higginbotham vs. Oetjens vs. Zanovec Photos byWoody Jenkins byWoody Photos Attorney Cleveland Coon Attorney Mike Davis Former Asst. DA Beau Higginbotham Attorney Chris Oetjens Juvenile Judge - Section 1A - Richey vs. Haney vs. Moore Family Court - Sec. 3, Div. D - Lassalle vs. Greene JUNE DUPUY, candidate for Council Judge Kathleen Stewart Richey Former Asst. DA Adam Haney Judge Annette Lassalle Rep. 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