Garret Graves meets with officials from Ascension, Iberville, East Baton Rouge
Staff Report
Garret Graves, the U.S. Representative for Louisiana s 6th congressional district, hosted local officials for a discussion on regional solution for the Bayou Manchac Watershed.
Among the leaders in attendance were Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment, Iberville Parish President Mitchell Ourso, St. Gabriel Mayor Lionel Johnson, and several drainage representatives from East Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Iberville parishes.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss utilizing funding, information from constituents, and ideas from discussions to move toward quicker solutions.
In the wake of huge flooding events, notably August 2016 and May 2021, area leaders are looking a multi-parish strategy to flood protections, as opposed to investing in isolated projects.
Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment: Threats of violence should be called out
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment asked the public to call out threats of violence during the Ascension Parish Council meeting held at the courthouse in Donaldsonville. Under no circumstance whatsoever are threats and threats of violence or violence itself acceptable under any circumstance, Cointment said during the President s Report. This is Ascension Parish. We re better than that. Our people are better than that. I m asking the public, as we journey forward, if you see this type of activity, call it out. Put that fire out before it becomes something someone will regret later on.
Court rules secret Murphy Painter audio is public record Murphy Painter (Source: WAFB) By WAFB Staff | December 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 1:35 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The full contents of a secretly-recorded audio tape about Ascension Parish politics was handed over by prosecutors Wednesday, despite lengthy legal challenges to prevent its release.
The First Circuit Court of Appeal this week declined to hear the case.
In doing so, the court essentially sided with a lower court’s ruling that the secret recording, used as evidence in a grand jury hearing, is “not protected” and, therefore, is indeed public record. The recording is of a nearly one hour meeting in 2019 between former Ascension Parish President candidate Murphy Painter and Gonzales insurance agent Dustin Clouatre. Painter sued to have the full tape publicly released. His attorney was provided with a copy of the recording Wednesday.