Louisiana NewsLocal, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Jindal vetoes raise for PSC, calls $30,000 - excessive'- July 4, 2008 Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed a $30,000 annual pay raise for members of the Public Service Commission on Thursday. "Though I appreciate the dedication and important work of the commissioners, I find this raise to be excessive," Jindal wrote in his veto letter on House Bill 939. The veto comes less than a week after the governor overturned a raise that would have more than doubled legislators' base pay.http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/jindal-vetoes-raise-for-psc-calls-30-000-excessive?f... Steam Burns Refinery Workers- July 4, 2008 Three workers were burned at the Conoco Phillips Alliance Refinery in Jesuit Bend, according to police and company officials. A company spokesman said the three contractors were burned by steam at the facility around 2 p.m Thursday. They were working for a company called T2S, according to the spokesman. They were doing routine maintenance at the refinery when they hit a valve that broke off and released steam from the boiler, according to the spokesman. Police said one of the injured was in...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/steam-burns-refinery-workers?fromrss=1 Independence Day- July 4, 2008 When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. http:www.earlyamerica.comearlyamericafreedomdoitext.htmlhttp://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/independence-day?fromrss=1 Tensas rallies around family ruptured by drownings- July 3, 2008 The people in sparsely populated Tensas parish have opened their hearts to the Lundy family, showering them with love. The love can be seen in Newellton, where the family lives, and St. Joseph, where the Rev. Adrian Lundy pastored both St. John Baptist Church and Mount Olive Baptist Church. The signage Wednesday at the United Pentecostal Church in Newellton states: "Please Remember to Pray for the Lundy Family." Lundy works for the school system and has a lawn care business. He was mowing a...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/tensas-rallies-around-family-ruptured-by-drownings?f... Price stopped for drunk driving in 2006, chief says- July 3, 2008 Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price's now-infamous run-in with Causeway police in April was not the first time he received special treatment from local law enforcement after having too much to drink. Sometime in late 2006, Price swerved his city-owned Ford Expedition into the path of a police car on a narrow street just off Monroe Street in old Mandeville, said Mandeville Police Chief Tom Buell and one of the officers involved in the incident. The mayor was driving erratically and seemed...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/price-stopped-for-drunk-driving-in-2006-chief-says?f... Police: Teacher stalked boy, 14- July 3, 2008 Deputies arrested a public elementary schoolteacher suspected of "cyberstalking" a 14-year-old boy and entering his house illegally last month in a confrontation about the alleged stalking, the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday. Jennifer R. Davis, 39, a teacher at the kindergarten to fifth-grade Lewis Vincent Elementary School in Denham Springs, reportedly posed as juvenile girl and engaged in MySpace.com communications with the 14-year-old boy during the past several...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/police-teacher-stalked-boy-14?fromrss=1 Faith groups to fix yard marred by racist signs- July 3, 2008 They say they are going to pull up desecrated ground. Members of various churches representing several faiths plan to spend part of their Fourth of July holiday at a Metairie residence. They plan to pull up racist symbols that somebody chemically etched into the grass. Then they will put down new grass. Roman Catholic and Episcopal priests, Protestant ministers, two rabbis and a Muslim leader are scheduled to take part in Friday's service. The vandalism happened in May soon after a black family.http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/faith-groups-to-fix-yard-marred-by-racist-signs?from... 2007 Mold Inspection Report More Pages Ignored by Riverstone & Louisiana Housing Finance Agency- July 3, 2008 This test was conducted in order to facilitate the identification of possible biological agents present on interior surfaces at Jefferson Lakes Apartments 12400 Jefferson Hwy. Baton Rouge, LA. 70816. These pages from the report contain the type of testing that was done in 6 apartments in the Phase 3 buildings along with the results and recommendations. The results show HIGH levels (in 3 of the 6 and low to medium in 1) of apparent microbial growth which is not consistent with naturally...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/2007-mold-inspection-report-more-pages-ignored-by-ri... Eunice Chamber of Commerce Hosed- July 2, 2008 Eunice Chamber of Commerce president Darren D'Aubin found himself rigging water hoses together Tuesday to connect a local seed store to the Eunice Chamber of Commerce office so that it can have access to water. Eunice Mayor Robert "Bob" Morris had the office's water turned off early Tuesday morning. The chamber building's utilities has been connected to the city of Eunice for the past 25 years. The city has picked up the tab for the chamber's utilities during those years, but for months Morris..http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/eunice-chamber-of-commerce-hosed?fromrss=1 Nagin imposes new rules for use of city credit cards- July 2, 2008 Mayor Ray Nagin says reports of his and his staff's use of city credit cards for lavish meals have led to new procedures for reporting and documenting charges to the public's plastic. "After the stories about the credit cards, we updated all our policies," he said. "We needed an efficient way to do city government business, so we went in and tightened it up." Nagin said he reimbursed the city after The Times-Picayune reported recently that he used his city credit card to take his wife,...http://www.topix.net/state/la/2008/07/nagin-imposes-new-rules-for-use-of-city-credit-cards... |