Central City News

Baton Rouge attorney Johanna Landreneau has announced her candidacy for Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal from the Baton Rouge area. Ms. Landreneau is a law partner in the law firm of Landreneau & Associates, LLC and has practiced law in Baton Rouge for 27 years. She registered as a Republican on her 18th birthday, […]

 Gordon Hutchinson, Constable for Ward 3, District 1, is a candidate for reelection in the Nov. 3 election. The district encompasses the entire City of Central and points south to Florida Blvd. Gordon Hutchinson is the senior concealed handgun permit instructor in the state, having trained more than 6,000 people in concealed handgun use and […]

Central voters will go to the polls this Saturday to consider whether to renew a 23.65-mill property tax originally passed in 2009 to construct the Central School Complex, which houses Central Intermediate School and Central Middle School. The renewal would extend the tax by 20 years and provide funding to rebuild Central High School and […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor • This Saturday, Aug. 15, voters in Central, Baker, Zachary, and Sherwood Forest will go to the polls to choose a new district judge between conservative former Army Capt. Tiffany Foxworth and liberal City Judge Yvette Alexander.  Foxworth is pro-life, pro-family, pro-traditional marriage, pro-gun, a crime-fighter, pro-military and pro-veteran.  She rose from private […]

Both the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Metro Council of East Baton Rouge Parish have tried to curb the international travel at taxpayer expense of Baton Rouge City Court Judge Yvette Alexander.  However, so far, they have failed to stop her worldwide escapades. On Jan. 16, 2014, the Advocate carried this article by Rebecca Allen. […]

Matt McCoy has announced his candidacy for Metro Council and released the following statement: “Neighbors, friends, and residents of EBR Metro Council District 4, my name is Matthew McCoy and I am asking for your vote and confidence to serve as your next Councilman. I am a 29-year resident of Central, 35-year husband to Frances […]

REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP SWORN IN — Members of the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee were sworn in today by Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes in ceremonies this afternoon at Great Oaks in Baton Rouge. Former Rep. Woody Jenkins was re-elected to another four-year term as parish Republican chairman, a post he has held since […]

FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY, Hillary Clinton was nominated for President of the United States and I wrote this piece as she was speaking… THE LOWDOWN ON HILLARY’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH (written in real time by Woody Jenkins) — At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia… It’s Thursday night… Chelsea Clinton is introducing her mother. Chelsea is […]

RADICAL LEFT OBAMA SUPPORTER JENNIFER MOISANT, a strong pro-abortion advocate, has endorsed liberal Yvette Alexander for District Judge in the August 13 special runoff election in Central. Moisant has been chairman of the Council on Aging which hauls voters to the polls using vans paid for by our tax dollars. Moisant has also qualified to […]

 As everyone learns in Civics class, the President and Vice President of the United States are elected not by the voters but by members of the Electoral College, who are chosen by the voters. Each state has one member of the Electoral College for each Congressional District and two at-large members. As a result, Louisiana […]