Central City News

Our Parish Stands at a Tipping Point: Will We Become Another Orleans? by Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News CENTRAL — Time is running out for East Baton Rouge Parish. The election this November may well be our last opportunity to turn this parish around before we become another New Orleans where high crime and dangerous public schools […]

We Have Real-Life Lumberjacks Right Here in Central by Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — On any given day, high above Central, a group of dare devil men are hard at work. They are lumberjacks who take on some of the largest trees and most difficult challenges of nature. But unlike the lumberjacks of the Great Northwest, our […]

SB 723 Could Aid Holden’s Plan to Secure Chinese Funding for Loop by Woody Jenkins BATON ROUGE — Thanks to America’s “free trade” policies, which treat a Communist dictatorship as though it were a private enterprise, the rulers of Communist China now have great wealth, so much so that they have trillions of dollars sitting idle. They can […]

Passing CATS Taxes, Opposing SE Schools, Featuring Communist Speaker Leave Some On Chamber Board Ready to Jump Ship BATON ROUGE — It’s been a long time since locally-owned small businesses in East Baton Rouge Parish felt they had a place of influence in the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce.  The Chamber has been the domain of large corporations and […]

By Urging Passage of $184 Million CATS Tax, Baton Rouge Chamber Is Helping Destroy Baton Rouge BATON ROUGE — The $184 million property tax increase passed last Saturday for the Capital Area Transit System is a tax homeowners and property owners simply cannot afford.  Moreover, the tax vote was inherently flawed and discriminatory, in part because homeowners and […]

Health and Fitness? Greenwell Springs Rd. Is Greatest Threat to Health of Our Children by Woody Jenkins CENTRAL — The death of Daniel Couvillion has left this community stunned.  And it has left us wondering who will be next? Over the past 18 months, we have had one tragic death after another on Central’s narrow, antiquated roads.  Amazingly, […]

Rick Santorum Hopes Conservative Voters in Central Will Turn Out For Presidential Bid CENTRAL — Since Louisiana enacted its Presidential Primary law in 1976, Republicans have very seldom had the opportunity to go to the polls and vote for a true conservative. This year is different.  We have Rick Santorum, an attractive former Senator with the intelligence, experience, […]

Rick Santorum Hopes Conservative Voters in Central Will Turn Out For Presidential Bid By Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — Our City of Central will be the center of national media attention Sunday when former Sen. Rick Santorum arrives here for a 6 p.m. speech at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church. Santorum, an ardent conservative, has the momentum in the […]

Letter to the Editor To: State Legislators representing Central Community Schools Lady and Gentlemen: I am sure you are under considerable pressure to support the Governor’s entire education package.  I am well aware that there are areas in education which need to be addressed.  We, however, do not need to throw the baby out with the […]

Central City News Endorsement Hang onto your hat! In anticipation of Louisiana’s March 24 Presidential Primary, you are about to be deluged with $3 to $5 million in hateful, negative advertising coming from Gov. Mitt Romney and his SuperPac. Gov. Romney has in his gunsights former Sen. Rick Santorum, whom he will label “fiscally irresponsible” […]