Pierre Sez<\/p>\n
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Dependin\u2019 on whare you live, kids are either back in school or day will soon be gettin\u2019 back. Az dis school season opens, we have a whole lotta issues dat are bein\u2019 faced, not de lease uf which iz de Common Core debate.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a shame our courts have to be used to decide what will be de method uf teachin\u2019 in our public schools despite legislative acts an\u2019 de BESE boad follerin\u2019 de fruit uf dem legislative acts.<\/p>\n
Meantime, Calcasieu Parish haz a new superintendent, an\u2019 he has hit de ground runnin\u2019.<\/p>\n
Now, to de issue uf school boad members. Come next January, you will need a program to figger out who iz representin\u2019 who on de scool boad. You will have az many az nine current members not seekin\u2019 re-election. Some have years uf experience on de boad. But we guess day are jus\u2019 tired uf headin\u2019 to meetins instead uf dar favorite fishin\u2019 hole or dat vacation day an\u2019 dar spouses have been talkin\u2019 about for years.<\/p>\n
You can watch on KPLC when dars a meetin\u2019. Every member iz in attendance.<\/p>\n
De fact iz, we will basically have a new school boad tryin\u2019 to work wit\u2019 a new superintendent day didn\u2019t\u00a0 elect.<\/p>\n
A buncha bidnessmen have gotten togedder to make shure de best candidates fill dem vacancies. An\u2019 if dar aren\u2019t any good ones runnin\u2019, dis group iz goin\u2019 out an\u2019 findin\u2019 folks an\u2019 talkin\u2019 to dem about runnin\u2019.<\/p>\n
De group called de Committee for Better Schools in Calcasieu Parish haz helt an\u2019 will hold some more informational meetins. In dar ads in our local papers, de group says dese are informational meetings for dose considering runnin\u2019 for school board. Sounds like a recruitin\u2019 meeting to me. We understand de group plans to provide consultin\u2019 an\u2019 money to de persons day pick.<\/p>\n
Election iz Tuesday, Nov. 4.\u00a0 Sulphur High haz probably bigger changes dan any udder school. Matt Walker Stadium iz bein\u2019 renovated an\u2019 won\u2019t be available for Sulphur High School football games. So all dar \u201chome\u201d games will be played at LaGrange High Field. Some uf de diehard Golden Tor fans ain\u2019t too fired up about goin\u2019 to LaGrange, but day know de repairs to de stadium are much needed.<\/p>\n
Robert Barrentine is de new principal, and he hasn\u2019t sat around waitin\u2019 for de firs\u2019 school bell to ring. He\u2019s been talkin\u2019 to civic groups, explainin\u2019 changes dat will come in de 2014-15 school year.<\/p>\n
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Udder Local Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ll also have some judges elections Nov. 4. Division A District Judge Kent Savoie is leavin\u2019 de seat he\u2019s helt for some time to run for de 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. De only announced\u00a0 opponent so far iz Lake Charles attorney Jamie Yelverton. Yelverton\u2019s dad Henry wuz a longtime judge at de District Court l an\u2019 later served on de Court uf Appeal. Dat Court uf Appeal iz a 10-year term.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, dar are three candidates so far in dat race to replace Savoie. Mitch Redd, a Lake Charles attorney, iz in de race; so iz Jackson Schrumpf, who does lawyerin\u2019 in Sulphur; and David Paly, who\u2019s wit\u2019 de District Attorney\u2019s office \u2014 dat\u2019s a six-year-term.<\/p>\n District A covers basically West Calcasieu and South Lake Charles.<\/p>\n We\u2019re startin\u2019 to see signs for all three candidates in dis race an\u2019 expect to see some TV ads pretty soon.<\/p>\n Meantime, District Attorney John DeRosier iz seekin\u2019 re-election to his third six-year term. The only announced opposition is Lake Charles attorney Christian Chesson.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senate Race Gettin\u2019 National Attention<\/strong><\/p>\n De Louisiana Municipal Assoc. helt its state convention in Baton Rouge de firs\u2019 week in August. All three major Senate candidates spoke. Dar messages got national attention from de Washington Times an\u2019 udder bigtime newspapers an\u2019 news outlets.<\/p>\n Both de Democratic an\u2019 Republican Party beaucoup want dis seat. An\u2019 dat\u2019s why you see so much advertisin\u2019 for both sides in de form uf dar own campaign funds an\u2019 dat uf de PAC (political action committee). Both sides have identified dis az a key race. An\u2019 both sides know dis race could mean a shift in power in de Senate. Power iz very important in Washington.<\/p>\n At de LMA meetin\u2019, Sen. Mary Landrieu spoke about her seniority uf 18 years an\u2019 de clout she haz az chair uf de Senate Energy Committee. She didn\u2019t mention Obamacare at all. Las\u2019 year, at de Legisgator banquet, she said she would vote for it again. Bet she doesn\u2019t say dat at de upcomin\u2019 banquet, set for de 22nd of dis month.<\/p>\n Her top opponent, Congressman Bill Casidy, tanked her for support\u00a0 for de long-delayed Keystone Pipeline project. But Casidy pointed out dat doesn\u2019t matter because Democratic Sen. Harry Reid won\u2019t let it come to a vote in de Senate.<\/p>\n Tea Party candidate Rob Maness sed de federal gubment wuz disfunktinal, an\u2019 de way to change dat wuz to elect folks from outside uf Washington.<\/p>\n Lots uf money bein\u2019 spent on dis. Wish I had what all three uf dem will spend from now \u2018til Nov. 4th.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mo Workers Means Mo Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n A group uf folks in New Awlins recently held a protest against de crime in dat city. De group uf 200 wuz made up uf young and old, black and white. Day chanted, \u201cStop the drugs and the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n Considerin what\u2019s happened in our area in de las\u2019 few weeks, we tink it\u2019s about time for a demonstration like dat in our area. Drive-bys, shootouts wit\u2019 police, tryin\u2019 to run police officers over wit\u2019 dar cars \u2026 Dat\u2019s de stuff you\u00a0 read about in cities like Houston and New Orleans, not in de quiet little town uf Lake Charles.<\/p>\n An dars mo to come, an\u2019 law enforcement knows it. Chief Dixon addressed a projected increase in crime recently, predictin\u2019 an increase in DUIs and prostitution wit\u2019 de influx of new workers. Da chief iz a former FBI man an\u2019 he knows what he\u2019s talkin\u2019 about.<\/p>\n So it ain\u2019t gonna be blue skies wit\u2019 20,000-plus folks comin\u2019 to town.<\/p>\n On anudder crime note, we take our hats off to de FBI and local enforcement for\u00a0 catchin\u2019 Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara. Guevara wuz arrested for de rape and murder uf Wanda Barton. He den skipped to Mexico an\u2019 haz been a fugitive since 2008.<\/p>\n FBI agents pointed out dat through cooperation with law enforcement folks outside our borders day capture people like Guevara. We applaud all of de hard work day did to make dis arrest possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SEC On Suddenlink. But At What Cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n Az a sports nut, me, I don\u2019t tink dars such a ting az too much sports on TV. An\u2019 now dars even mo sports since Suddenlink haz agreed to carry de new SEC network.<\/p>\n Anyting to do wit\u2019 Souteastern Conference athletics will be on dis channel; you name it: gymnastics, volleyball, baseball, football, swimmin\u2019 and a whole lot more \u2014 24 hours a day. (Dat makes some wives real happy.)<\/p>\n Now, Suddenlink only announced day would be carryin\u2019 de network. Day didn\u2019t say day would be booraying us on our bills for dis added network. Me, I don\u2019t care how much it is, I\u2019m gettin\u2019 it. Geaux Tigers!!! Wonder if LSU haz a marble team.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why All De Attack Ads?<\/strong><\/p>\n I wuz watchin\u2019 de Buffalo-New York Giants game wit\u2019 a fran, an\u2019 uf course dar wuz a U.S. Senate race ad in every break. An\u2019 in each one, someone wuz being attacked. My fran axed why dat wuz so.<\/p>\n Here it is, folks. All dem ads are done outta state. Advertisin\u2019 firms outta Washington an\u2019 New York do dem commercials wit\u2019 de guidance uf de political party\u2019s people. An\u2019 dat\u2019s usually a bunch uf lawyers. An\u2019 we all know how lawyers are in sometin\u2019 like dis. Day like to go for de knockout.<\/p>\n Go to udder states whar Senate elections are goin on, an\u2019 you\u2019ll see de same kinds uf ads produced by dese hackers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deep Taughts While Tryin\u2019 Out\u00a0Dat New Gillette Razor<\/strong><\/p>\n 1) How good will de McNeese football team be dis year?<\/p>\n 2) Will de new Cowboy on-campus basketball arena help improve attendance?<\/p>\n 3) When iz T-John gonna bring me dem pears he promised?<\/p>\n 4) De FDA wants to tax premium ceegars at a rate uf $10 per an\u2019 destroy small<\/p>\n bidnesses. Why?<\/p>\n 5) Do I have enough fishin\u2019 gear and bait for white perch season?<\/p>\n 6) Why does de doctor keep givin\u2019 me pills I don\u2019t take?<\/p>\n 7) How many hot dogs did T-Bruce eat on dollar dog night at de las\u2019 Astros<\/p>\n game he went to?<\/p>\n 8) How many LSU players will be arrested before de start uf de season?<\/p>\n 9) What nerve does BP have axin\u2019 de Supreme Court to trow out a claim settlement<\/p>\n day agreed to?<\/p>\n 10) Why are some uf dem big box stores who pulled all dar guns afta de Sandy Hook<\/p>\n shootin\u2019 now advertisin\u2019 firearms in dar back to school ads?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Final Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n Lefty went to an Astros game in Houston wit\u2019 a couple of buddies. He made de designated driver stop a buncha times on de way back to get some giggle juice. He showed up home at about 4 in de morning, an\u2019 his wife was waitin\u2019 for him. She axed why he was so late. Lefty replied, \u201cnone of your damn business.\u201d Doctors say he should be out of de hospital in about a week. Wear your blue and gold.<\/p>\n \u2018Til next time, lache pas la patate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pierre Sez Dependin\u2019 on whare you live, kids are either back in school or day will soon be gettin\u2019 back. Az dis school season opens, we have a whole lotta issues dat are bein\u2019 faced, not de lease uf which iz de Common Core debate. It\u2019s a shame our courts have to be used [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,407],"yoast_head":"\n