Central City News

Rolfe McCollister, Jr., Former Editor of the Business Report On Nov. 5, you will vote on President, Mayor-President and $700 million in property taxes for BREC. There is a 10-year tax and a 20-year tax proposition, and I will vote “No” on both measures.  Why? Because BREC is poorly managing the $100 million it spends […]

If you like what’s going on in Baton Rouge, you should stick with Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome.   Under her administration, our hometown has one of the highest murder rates in the United States. Crime has become an epidemic, made worse by the arrival of gangs in many of our neighborhoods. In some areas, people […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge By the early 1990’s, I had represented Baton Rouge as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for 20 years, most of that time as a member of the House Education Committee.  My colleague, Sen. Mike Cross, had served as mayor of the City […]

NOTE: The current Louisiana Constitution was written by a state constitutional convention, which was called by the Louisiana Legislature in the spring of 1972. The process began years earlier as political leaders, citizens, and the media debated the need for a new constitution. In 1971, both gubernatorial candidates, Edwin Edwards and his opponent J. Bennett […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has promoted carbon capture projects for years.  Somewhat surprisingly, new Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry also gave carbon capture his full-throated endorsement on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, just days before being sworn in as governor. Carbon capture is the process […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge In the days shortly after Central was incorporated as its own municipality back in 2005, a lady testifying at a public hearing talked about what it was like to live in Central.  She said, “When I cross the bridge and enter the City of Central, […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge With a new Republican governor, all Republican statewide elected officials, and a two-thirds majority in the Louisiana House and Senate, the next few months will be an historic time to correct injustices, make fundamental changes in the direction of state government, and chart a new […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge As the statewide elections draw to a close Nov. 18, attention will turn to next year’s elections for Mayor-President and Metro Council in East Baton Rouge Parish.  Our parish faces many critical issues.   Here is a 10-Point Plan to save East Baton Rouge Parish […]

The Governor of Louisiana tried everything he could to put Rev. Tony Spell in jail and close his church.  The Mayor-President told people not to go there.  The police chief arrested him on trumped up charges.  The media of the nation and the world vilified him as a menace to public health and a murderer.  […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News – Baton Rouge After eight years of Democratic rule under Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana politics seems to be in the midst of a dramatic turn.  If polling is correct, Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, and Democratic Secretary of Transportation and Development Shawn Wilson will end up in […]