John Hatch is confident his troops will be able to gather enough verifiable signatures from Ruston voters to put an expanded alcohol-sale proposition on the ballot in March.
Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker had been in office less than a year when, in November 2015 he proposed a package of infrastructure maintenance and improvement projects that he said would set the city on course for the next 20 years.
What a difference a year makes. Last Aug. 31, Louisiana was enduring what was then the worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the pandemic began over a year before.
It seems the Lincoln Parish Police Jury is going to have to find $1 million to pay for ambulance and rescue service outside the Ruston city limits for 2023.
Politics takes on a number of guises. One of them showed up at Grambling’s City Council meeting last week in the form of a flap over use of the city park.
You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief coming from Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker and the city’s four returning aldermen when, at the end of candidate qualifying for the Nov. 8 primary, they were once again all unopposed for the second consecutive election cycle.
My plan was flawless. Monday was a holiday, July 4, and we would be off work; Tuesday, I was going to be out of the office anyway; so Wednesday through Friday would be perfect days for vacation.
