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Jim Brown posted on August 26, 2010 12:07
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Jeff Crouere posted on August 26, 2010 11:56
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the biggest adversary for the people of Louisiana continues to be government at all levels, local, state and esp...
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ActionNews17 posted on August 25, 2010 10:20
Jim Brown posted on August 18, 2010 22:51
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ActionNews17 posted on August 15, 2010 16:38
The loss of Rube Rogers may be impossible to understand for people who have never lived in Tangipahoa Parish.
Let me share that I alwa...
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Jim Brown posted on August 11, 2010 23:22
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Jim Brown posted on August 05, 2010 07:22
I was at a book fair recently hawking some of my Lisburn Press publications, and was asked to comment on the nation’s immigration problem.
One fello...
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Jeff Crouere posted on August 05, 2010 07:17
For most politicians, campaign season comes and goes, but in the Obama White House, it is permanent.
As we approach mid-term elect...
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ActionNews17 posted on April 19, 2010 10:55
This is neither the first time nor the last time that I quote Willie Nelson from his song, "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth", in reference to the ...
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ActionNews17 posted on April 18, 2010 15:49
In a recent letter to the editor of the Hammond paper, Tangipahoa Parish School Board member Al Link defended his ethically-challenged, colleague Dann...
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ActionNews17 posted on April 02, 2010 12:59
If you could follow me around for a week or so as I travel across the Florida Parishes you would notice something curious. In Slidell the Sheriff's Of...
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ActionNews17 posted on March 29, 2010 16:48
Saturday was a beautiful day in Tangipahoa Parish. The sun was shining; the temperature hit a high of 75 degrees. It seemed that people we...
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ActionNews17 posted on March 27, 2010 23:17
Finally, we the voters have a problem that no one among us can blame on the reviled "politicians".
On Saturday, only 5.1% of approximately 19,500 vot...
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ActionNews17 posted on March 26, 2010 23:18
So the fix is in, or that's the conventional wisdom.
From those more intelligent, or at least better connected than you or me, the narrative goes lik...
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ActionNews17 posted on March 23, 2010 11:13
Traditionally, when only a tax proposition is on the ballot, voter turn-out is low.
Of course, politicians know this well and often use this tactic t...
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posted on February 25, 2010 21:33
If the Tangipahoa School Board's Tax figures are correct, it might be cheaper to send the magnet students to the University of Hawaii.
Where should...
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posted on January 30, 2010 13:00
The fact that some property owners are paying for a magnet tax levied in an election they were excluded from, and the fact that some voters in Ponchat...
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posted on January 26, 2010 20:13
The hijinks of the Tangipahoa School Board are now so outrageous, they are actually funny, even hilarious at times. Just in time for carnival season.
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Matt Finch posted on January 20, 2010 21:35
If you believed that our school board was capable or willing to operate a successful magnet school program, then accept the blame, forgive yourself, a...
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posted on January 19, 2010 22:54
Tuesday night as the Tangipahoa School Board met in Amite and heard the news that Judge Ivan Lemelle had turned down their proposed magnet tax renewal...
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Matt Finch posted on January 16, 2010 11:59
Just what we need, another school board controversy.
Tuesday night the Tangipahoa School Board will place big targets on their backs and hold u...
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Matt Finch posted on January 13, 2010 11:55
Today (Thursday) the Tangipahoa School Board is on the agenda for the State Bond Commission to approve a March 27 tax election for 9 mills in Hammond....
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Matt Finch posted on December 15, 2009 11:53
After spending most of 2008 and 2009 conceding almost all the issues in the 40-year-old desegregation case, the Tangipahoa School Board has finally de...
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Matt Finch posted on November 15, 2009 11:48
At least we have our priorities straight.
The righteous indignation of LSU fans after the Tigers' heart-breaking loss to Old Miss shows that Louisian...
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Matt Finch posted on September 08, 2009 11:46
Allow me to say something contrary to the prevailing political wisdom in Tangipahoa Parish.
While our school system is headed downward in every categ...
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