Central City News

In this edition of the Central City News, we are proud to endorse the following candidates: Congress – 6th District Garret Graves (R) Mayor of Central Jr. Shelton (R) Police Chief James Salsbury (R) Central Council at Large (vote for two) Wayne Messina (R) Kim Powers (R) District 1 Charles Habig (D) or Aaron Moak […]

When voters go to the polls on Nov. 6, 2018, they may be surprised to find they have a lot more to vote on besides the candidates running for statewide and local offices. Also included are six proposed statewide Constitutional amendments and one proposition, which will be on the ballot only in East Baton Rouge […]

The Central City News is today endorsing three candidates in the Nov. 6 election. The three ­— Jr. Shelton, Wayne Messina, and Kim Powers — want nothing except to serve their fellow citizens and keep Central stay a great place to live, work, and study. Endorsements can be difficult, especially if you have no standard […]

If you are as old as I am, you probably remember Gov. Jimmy Davis’ monstrosity — his million dollar mansion! Shortly after Davis was elected and began his second term in office in 1960, he proposed building a much-needed Governor’s Mansion. Most people agreed that it was needed but the unbelievable price tag of over […]

One phone call to the right juror or the juror’s mama is all it will take to make sure that juror holds out for acquittal. If the juror does hold out, the guilty thug on trial — the very one who had the call made — will walk free! That is what will happen if […]

If you have a few minutes, go to the AppStore on your iPhone and download a “QR Code Reader.” It will allow you to point your phone at the QR code in the upper right of this article and click. This will activate a video that will start playing on your phone. This particular video […]

This year for the first time, elections for both the City of Central and the Central Community School Board will be held at the same election. Qualifying will be held July 18-20 for City of Central • Mayor • Police Chief • Five City Council members elected from five single-member districts • Two City Council […]

The Central Community School Board made a great decision in selecting Dr. Jason Fountain to become Central’s next Superintendent of Schools.  It is unfair to compare him to Supt. Mike Faulk whose vision and commitment to integrity took the Central school system from an idea to reality and made it one of the two or […]

For years, there have been well-justified complaining that too much of our state budget is tied up in so-called dedicated funds. This is money locked up by the Louisiana Constitution or state statutes, which can only be used for certain specified purposes — not necessarily for what the greatest needs in the state may be. […]

Now the Board of Commissioners of BREC is considering a plan to move the Baton Rouge Zoo from its home in North Baton Rouge to a site in the southern part of the parish, possibly near L’Auberge Casino on the Iberville Parish line — 22.7 miles and at least 34 minutes from the zoo’s present […]