If you tink we are trew wit\u2019 politics for a while, tink again. In 2015, we will have de race for everyting from governor on down to dog catcher.<\/p>\n
Yes, we had races for U.S. senator, Congress and school boad dis year. But next year, we gonna see races for governor and all de udder state officials az well as sheriff, clerk uf court, assessor an\u2019 all 15 police jurors.<\/p>\n
Members uf de Legislature will also be runnin\u2019, wit\u2019 several facin\u2019 term limits.<\/p>\n
Now, considerin\u2019 de candidates for U.S. Senate started putted dar ads on TV some 18 monts befo de election, we should see David Vitter on de tube shortly afta de first uf de year, or maybe even durin\u2019 de las\u2019 few weeks uf dis month.<\/p>\n
Polls show Vitter leadin\u2019 right now, wit\u2019 Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, Treasury Secretary John (maybe) Kennedy and udders showin\u2019 some numbers.<\/p>\n
Now we say \u201cmaybe\u201d Kennedy because he always sez he\u2019s tinkin\u2019 uf runnin\u2019 for sometin\u2019 but never does. All he ever does iz tour de state an\u2019 criticize whoevah iz in office an\u2019 members uf de Legislature.<\/p>\n
By de way, we should see some real interestin\u2019 races for state representative an\u2019 state senator because uf term limits.<\/p>\n
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Area Legislators Forced Out<\/strong><\/p>\n Our area has had de benefit uf havin\u2019 state Rep. Chuck Kleckley serve az de speaker uf de house for de las\u2019 few years. Needless to say, dat haz helped our area get some funding.<\/p>\n But az uf next year, Kleckley and Brett Geymann iz gonna be out az a result uf term limits. Steven Dwight iz gonna run for Geymann\u2019s seat, an\u2019 me, I would put my money on him right now.<\/p>\n We have heard uf several names to\u00a0 replace Chuck az de state rep from de south side uf Lake Charles. Day include Mark Abraham and Keith DeSonnier.<\/p>\n An\u2019 among folks in Baton Rouge, dar iz a buzz dat Kleckley will run for a statewide office. Now folks, when you start runnin\u2019 for statewide office, you are talkin\u2019 about lots uf money, and dat means lots uf fundraisers. We haven\u2019t seen dat happenin\u2019 yet for Chuck.<\/p>\n It should be noted dat now iz de time for fundraisin\u2019. De U.S. Senate race haz grabbed lots uf money from both parties. An\u2019 dat haz probably delayed fundraisin\u2019 for state offices. We know Jay Dardenne haz been raisin\u2019 money wit\u2019 de help uf hiz friends trew de telephone, an\u2019 he better do dat, because Vitter haz a bottomless pit uf money.<\/p>\n Once again, we see two Republicans facin\u2019 each udder for governor. My, how politics have changed in our great state.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Study Tells Us What\u2019s To Come<\/strong><\/p>\n Dar\u2019s lots uf buzz around our area about a recently completed study by a Baton Rouge firm dat shows de growth we can expect in de next five years.\u00a0 Dar\u2019s big numbers for employment, school children, recreation, etc.<\/p>\n De Go Team haz been formed to work on dis, and now day are lookin\u2019 for someone to spearhead de gubment services dat will be needed to handle dis growth.<\/p>\n Now me, I\u2019m old enough to have seen lots uf studies, and dis one certainly haz lots uf information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We Can All Be Proud Of Nugget<\/strong><\/p>\n De Golden Nugget iz sometin\u2019 we can all be proud of. Now, you may not gamble at all, but de nine quality restaurants an\u2019 de entertainment will make Lake Charles stand out on de map even more.<\/p>\n Me, I got my tickets already for de Merle Haggard show at de end uf de month.<\/p>\n Many tanks to Tilman Fertitta an\u2019 de res\u2019 uf de crew at Golden Nugget for bringin\u2019 such a property to Lake Charles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oil Price Drops A Double-Edged Sword<\/strong><\/p>\n Recently, de price uf oil dropped 10 percent in a day. An\u2019 de price haz dropped about 35 bucks a barrel in de las\u2019 few months. Dat\u2019s good news for de folks who buy gaz \u2026 Some have called it a Christmas lagniappe.<\/p>\n But de oil boys are screamin\u2019 an\u2019 yellin\u2019 dat day can\u2019t stay in bidness at dem prices. You remember when oil first went up, oil companies wuz sayin\u2019 it was a rule uf supply an\u2019 demand. Well, de demand ain\u2019t dar no mo, an\u2019 dat\u2019s what\u2019s drivin\u2019 prices down.<\/p>\n Now bein\u2019 dat Louisiana iz an oil state, you can bet dat pretty soon we will see cutbacks in both de drillin\u2019 an\u2019 processin\u2019 uf oil if prices stay low. Dat will mean fewer jobs for folks who work in de oil bidness, an dat\u2019s not good for our state.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She Said What?<\/strong><\/p>\n Me an\u2019 my buddy Tomas watched de Keystone Pipeline debate on CSPAN an\u2019 fount it very entertainin\u2019. Barbara Boxer wuz talkin\u2019 about how pollution from big oil wuz ruinin\u2019 de country. Texas oil boys basically told her she didn\u2019t know what she wuz talkin\u2019 about.<\/p>\n Pro-pipeline senators were talkin\u2019 about de jobs de pipeline would bring.<\/p>\n But de line uf de day came from Sen. Landrieu, when she answered a senator who said de oil moved by de pipeline would go out uf de country. She replied it would be great if de oil went to Mexico; dat way our neighbors to de south would have jobs and wouldn\u2019t want to come to de U.S. Betcha that got her lots uf Hispanic votes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sulphur Lions Club Shines<\/strong><\/p>\n Me an\u2019 my fran Max went to de Sulphur Community Thanksgiving dinner. It wuz fantastic. More dan 1,000 folks were served, an\u2019 de food wuz great.<\/p>\n What really got our attention wuz de high school kids who wuz helpin\u2019 carry plates to tables for de elderly, like me an Max.<\/p>\n De event wuz helt at de Sulphur Parks and Recreation Aquatic center. Next year \u2014 family in town or not\u00a0\u2014 me, I\u2019m goin\u2019 to de Lions Club Thanksgiving bash.<\/p>\n By de way, Max, who iz famous for to-go boxes, made a donation an\u2019 day gave him a to go box. Dat made his day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deep Taughts While Eatin\u2019 Head Cheese An\u2019 Cracklins<\/strong><\/p>\n 10) Are de Tigers really gonna play in de Taxslayer Bowl?<\/p>\n 9) When is Wayne gonna come through wit\u2019 de speckled belly he promised me?<\/p>\n 8) How will de LCPD handle de casino traffic until de Cove Lane project iz done?<\/p>\n 7) How do you keep folks from textin\u2019 and talkin\u2019 on cell phones while drivin\u2019?<\/p>\n 6) What\u2019s de LSU baseball team gonna look like dis year?<\/p>\n 5) Are my franz from Kaplan bringin\u2019 me crawfish when day come to visit?<\/p>\n 4) How come I can\u2019t learn to play dat accordion I got from my pal Garland?<\/p>\n 3) Iz Black Friday gonna start in October next year?<\/p>\n 2) How much did Landrieu and Cassidy really spend on de election?<\/p>\n 1) Did T Claude steal dat large hen I wuz boilin\u2019 to make a gumbo?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Final Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n I axed my buddy Lefty if he went shoppin\u2019 for Black Friday. He sed he went wit\u2019 hiz wife an\u2019 ended up gettin\u2019 in a fight wit anudder customer over a TV set day had at a real good price. Lefty sez all he got outta Black Friday wuz a black eye.<\/p>\n \u2018Til next time, lache pas la patate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you tink we are trew wit\u2019 politics for a while, tink again. In 2015, we will have de race for everyting from governor on down to dog catcher. Yes, we had races for U.S. senator, Congress and school boad dis year. But next year, we gonna see races for governor and all de udder [&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":[31,584],"yoast_head":"\n