Opinion
Sunshine week focuses on newspapers
Sunshine Week begins March 14. A national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information, Sunshine Week is led by the American Society of News Editors. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media and others interested in the public’s right to know.
Editorials
Paper recognizes achievements, efforts
Each Wednesday, L’Observateur recognizes individuals and businesses in the River Parishes who have gone “above and beyond” in their efforts to make this a better place to live, work, play and raise a family.
Paper recognizes achievements, efforts
Each Wednesday, L’Observateur recognizes individuals and businesses in the River Parishes who have gone “above and beyond” in their efforts to make this a better place to live, work, play and raise a family.
Festival season is here; get out and enjoy
It’s been quite an exciting beginning to 2010. Between the Saints winning the Super Bowl and an early Mardi Gras season, January and February were action-packed and, quite frankly, exhausting.
Columnists
Newspapers provide window into government
(Editor’s Note: This column was written in conjunction with Sunshine Week, which begins Sunday.)
The more things change...
When it comes to actions in state government, it doesn’t take history long to repeat itself. Years ago, fiscal reformers pushed through a constitutional amendment to create a Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF), which became popularly referred to as the “Rainy Day Fund.” The actual intent of the legislation was not so much to create a piggy bank for tough economic times as it was to prevent the budgeting of “windfall” revenues for recurring expenditures. The rapid rise and fall of volatile oil and gas revenues had led to feast-or-famine budgeting. The objective of the BSF was to divert non-recurring revenue to a fund that could only be tapped when state revenue declined unexpectedly during the course of a fiscal year.
Heaven, I hear, is a very beautiful place
This month marks a year since my daughter Cassidy was baptized at First Baptist Church in Covington.
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