Capital City News

By Michael Lunsford, Citizens for a New Louisiana This is the “tax reform” special session. It includes a second bite at the recent failed attempt to call a constitutional convention. Readers might remember the 2024 regular session when Louisiana’s freshly-minted Congressman-elect Cleo Fields refused to take the matter up in the Senate and Governmental Affairs […]

Based on early voting, Republican voters appear to turning out in record numbers in East Baton Rouge Parish and across the nation. Two likely beneficiaries are former President Donald Trump, who is seeking to return to office, and Coach Sid Edwards, who is seeking to end 20 years of Democratic rule in the Mayor-President’s office. […]

Large donations by gambling interests to Mayor-President candidate Ted James have raised questions about whether the candidate plans to bring back video poker and video poker truck stops to East Baton Rouge Parish.  Voters removed video poker from the parish in a referendum in 1996. According to reports filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics, […]

Woody Jenkins, Editor St. George Leader  Scott McKay of TheHayride.com offered a theory in his talk on the races for President and Mayor-President at the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Tuesday.   He calls it the Fun Rule.  His theory is simple: Forget the polls, the mailings, the TV spots, the lies, the […]

Every calculation about the race for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish should take into account that voters are likely to turnout in the Dec. 7 runoff at 50 percent or less the rate of the Nov. 5 primary. Traditionally, Republicans turnout at a higher rate in the runoff than do Democrats. For example, in […]

By the close of business on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the half-way point in early voting, Republican-leaning voting sites in East Baton Rouge Parish had received more than three times the number of early votes as Democrat-leaning sites. The two Democrat-leaning sites are the Motor Vehicles office in Baker and City Hall in downtown Baton Rouge. […]

Why are grown men drawn to coaching football?  After all, it’s just a kids’ game. With 44 years in coaching, Istrouma High head football coach Sid Edwards is former NFL National High School Coach of the Year. He is nearing his 200th win and is already the winningest coach in the Capital region.  He answered […]

Five conservative Republicans on the Metro Council have prevented the imposition of millions of dollars in higher property tax without a vote of the people. On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the Metro Council voted 7-5 to roll forward 15 different property taxes.  However, passage required a two-thirds’ vote, or 8 of the 12 Council members to […]

The Metro Council has elected Brandon Noel as the new Mayor Pro-Tem for the City-Parish. He will serve until January when the new Council is sworn.  Noel is also a member of the Republican Parish Executive Committee representing the Zachary and Central areas. Noel, a conservative, replaced Lamont Cole as Mayor Pro-Tem. A banker, Noel […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, St. George Leader – Baton Rouge Sen. Barry Goldwater’s campaign for President in 1964 marked the beginning of the modern conservative movement. Goldwater’s staunch support of the free enterprise system, small government, lower taxes, states’ rights, traditional values, and the working man were in contrast to the Republican Party of the past.  […]