The Hayride

As is the case all over the country today, the story of Shirley Sherrod, a U.S. Department of Agriculture employee fired yesterday after video surfaced of her describing at an NAACP event a lack of motivation for helping a white farmer on racial grounds, made the list of topics being discussed on Baton Rouge AM [...]

Filed under: Baton Rouge, Corruption, Media, Racism | 475312 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/07/wjbo-host-apparently-not-all-that-interested-in-shirley-sherrod-story/WJBO+Host+Apparently+Not+All+That+Interested+In+Shirley+Sherrod+Story+%28UPDATED%292010-07-21+01%3A57%3A11macaoidh

Several months ago, we noted that the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board (which excludes the breakaway school districts of Baker, Zachary, and Central) adopted a new redistricting plan that reduced its membership from 12 to 11 members. The close of candidate filing today represents the first time EBR School Board members will be running [...]

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Tonight, special election runoffs were held in two state House districts in Baton Rouge and one in New Orleans. In both of these all Democratic runoffs, the more moderate/less controversial candidate won.

Filed under: Baton Rouge, Elections, Kip Holden, New Orleans | 3699No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/05/election-day-in-louisiana-may-29-edition/Election+Day+in+Louisiana+-+May+29+edition2010-05-30+03%3A23%3A11JMC+Enterprises

Scorecard

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Baton Rouge, Harry Reid, Legislature, New Orleans, Tea Parties, The GOP, The Left | 36553 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/05/2010-elections-may-28-edition-june-primary-preview/2010+Elections%2C+May+28+edition+%28June+primary+preview%292010-05-27+23%3A05%3A40JMC+Enterprises

Recent polls released in Louisiana and in Florida not only confirm Louisiana’s current conservative mood, but also show that the poll lead that Florida’s party switching Governor currently has is built on a very weak foundation that will erode as Election Day gets closer.

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32 parishes held elections yesterday, and there were no real surprises last night. Our focus will be on the tax renewals on the East Baton Rouge Parish ballot, as well as two special elections for state representative that were held in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

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…as BRTP president Jennifer Madsen did a spot with Neil Cavuto on Fox News this afternoon. She did good, we thought.

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Looks like the Louisiana Democrat Party is planning on participating in today’s Tea Party rallies, and the one planned for 5:00 on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge in particular. Just not in a constructive or supportive way. On the party’s Facebook page, we’ve found this from yesterday: Crash the Tea [...]

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Because Central has left the East Baton Rouge Parish school system to form its own school system, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board was required to redraw its school board districts before the Fall 2010 elections. The School Board voted tonight to reduce the size of the School Board to 11 members (down from the current [...]

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The Baton Rouge Advocate is reporting today that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is awarding several grants funded by “stimulus” dollars, two of which are for the purpose of converting four large diesel trucks in Baton Rouge, and nine more in Bossier, so they can run on Compressed Natural Gas.  

Filed under: Baton Rouge, Energy, Environment, North Louisiana | 13752 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/02/louisiana-deq-has-seen-the-future/Louisiana+DEQ+Has+Seen+the+Future2010-02-16+23%3A16%3A53Michael+Youngblood