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BATON ROUGE — Democratic Metro Councilman Bones Addi-son said Wednesday it’s time to end racial politics in East Baton

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BATON ROUGE — If early voting is any indication, the turnout for next Tuesday’s election will be quite large. In eight days of early voting in East Baton Rouge Parish, 32,046 voters cast their ballots. Statewide early voting was up by 21 percent over 2008. It will be an historic election. Three races will be especially im-portant because they could result in major changes in policy: •PresidentoftheUnitedStates • Mayor-President of East Ba-ton Rouge Parish • AssociateJusticeoftheLoui-siana Supreme Court At the national level, Republi-can Mitt Romney, who is leading narrowly in most polls, promises to reduce the size and cost of the federal government and take it in a different direction from President Obama. Likewise, at the parish level,Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker, who is challenging incumbent Mayor-

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CouncilmanAddison SaysTime to EndRacial Politics

ElectionTuesday, Nov. 6, 2012

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Congress, 6th DistrictBill Cassidy RRufus Holt Craig, Jr. LRichard Torregano N

Supreme Court, 5th Dist.John M. Guidry DToni M. Higginbotham RJeff Hughes RTimothy “Tim” Kelley RWilliam “Bill” Morvant RMary Olive Pierson DJeffry L. Sanford NJewel E. “Duke” Welch R

Court of Appeal, 1st CircuitGideon T. Carter III D“Mike” McDonald RTrudy M. White R

Public Service CommissionScott A. Angelle RGreg Gaubert NSarah Holliday RErich Ponti RForest Wright D

Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden DGordon Mese N“Steve” Myers NJ. Michael “Mike” Walker R

Councilman, District 9Joel Boé RTed Rush R

Councilman, District 12RJ “Smokie” Bourgeois RRose Carey D“John” Delgado R

City Judge, District 2CJoel G. Porter DAlex “Brick” Wall D

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Mayor-President Holden: ‘Crime Can Be Managed’

Mike Walker Hits Record 88 Homicides

BATON ROUGE — The two major candidates for Mayor-President in the Nov. 6 election took opposite positions on the parish’s soaring crime problem in a televised debate Tuesday night. Incumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden, a Democrat, said, “He talks like crime is out of control. Crime can be managed.”

But Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker, the Republican nominee who is challenging Holden, said, “There is a crime emergency” in East Baton Rouge Parish. He cited the 88 homicides so far this year, which means the parish is on-track to set an all-time record and give Baton Rouge one of the highest murder rates in the country. Walk-er said the Baton Rouge Police

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Rouge, and he is setting an example by backing May-or Pro-Tem Mike Walker’s candidacy for Mayor-Presi-dent. “Some friends say, ‘Why don’t you stay out of the Mayor’s race?’ but I tell them ‘This is about the human family and all

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MAYOR-PRESIDENT — Incumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden (left) faces Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker (right) and two other candidates in Tuesday’s election.

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headline that says, “Com-ing Boom.” “This is amazing!” he said. “The solution to our problems is to grow the economy. To-day our state is blessed with an abundance of natural gas, and this is creating enor-

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Cassidy Takes Hard Line on ObamaCongressman Says Future of Country at Stake Nov. 6

BATON ROUGE — Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-Baton Rouge) said Tuesday the election Nov. 6 will provide Americans with a stark choice — between the launch of a new American century and the danger of losing the country’s free-dom. Cassidy spoke to the month-ly membership meeting of the new Chamber of Commerce of East Ba-ton Rouge Parish at Café Améric-ainonJeffersonHighway. The local physician who was firstelectedin2008isseekinghisthird term in Congress next Tues-day. His seat is considered safe, andhehasonlyLibertarianandIn-dependent opponents. Cassidy said he was impressed by the great crowd in attendance and the energy and excitement he found in the new Chamber. The reelection of President Obama would lead to less freedom, higher taxes, and a corporate state form of government, he said. Cassidy said three of the most important issues facing the country are: • Debtanddeficits • Gettingtheeconomygoing • Healthcare

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Dr. Cassidy came to the meeting straight from seeing a patient. Here are some of the congress-man’s observations: • In 1970, Social Security,Medicare, and Medicaid represent-ed only a small part of the federal

budget but, at the current rate, it will be 100 percent of the federal budget within 18 years. Obviously, that cannot be allowed to happen. • The new health care law, orObamacare, has set the stage for an explosion of debt. • Medicarewillbebankrupt inthe next 12 years, but Obama is ig-noring the problem. Cassidy said America relies on private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.“Unfortunately,Obam-acare makes all three of these un-sustainable.” Cassidy said health care deci-sions should be made by the aver-age family — not by Washington bureaucrats. “I grew up on Drusilla Lane.My family made a lot of health care decisions. I have seen noth-ing that suggests that Washington could make better health care de-

cisions than the average family can make. Certainly, no program in Washington saves money.” Regarding the economy, Con-gressman Cassidy held up a copy of the Oct. 18 edition of the Capi-tal City News and pointed to the

mous opportunities.” “Because of the abundance and low cost of natural gas, major in-dustries are re-opening plants in Louisiana.Youcantellalotaboutthe prosperity of a place by the number of cranes that are work-ing.” “Obama acknowledges that nat-ural gas adds to our economic reju-venation but his policies endanger the production and use of natural gas.” “He would like to shut down coal-firedplants.” “The President slowed explora-tion on the outer continental shelf and has stopped drilling off the coast of Alaska.” “Hydraulic fracturing is very important to energy production but Obama’s EPA is less likely to en-courage it.” Cassidy said the future will be brightifAmericaandLouisianainparticular are allowed to develop their energy resources. “We actually have plants mov-ingbacktotheUnitedStatesfromChina — not because of labor costs but because of energy costs. We can’t compete with China on labor costs but our natural gas is very af-fordable.”

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Rep. Bill Cassidy

CONGRESSMAN BILL CASSIDY spoke to the new Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish Tuesday. Cassidy was greeted by Hank Henagan of Bethany World Prayer Center.

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Unifying Sheriff, City Police ProposedGrigsby: Merger Could Help Attack Crime

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge businessmanLaneGrigsbysaidhewants an “honest and open dialogue and debate” on the pros and cons of merging the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and the BatonRouge Police Department. Grigsby, who paid $100,000 for a study of what happened when law enforcementagencieswereunifiedin Charlotte, Indianapolis, Louis-ville,andLasVegas,saidamergershould save taxpayers’ dollars and reduce crime. “We are not talking about small savings or an insignificant drop inthe crime rate. We’re talking about significantimprovements,”hesaid. “Upuntilnow,noonehasreallylooked at how a merger would take place or what the effects would be in this parish.” Grigsby said merging the two agencies would take amendments to the City-Parish Plan of Government and changes in state law, possibly even a constitutional amendment. He said he is moving forward ag-gressively and will bring proposals totheMetroCouncilandtheLoui-sianaLegislature. “The devil is in the details,”

Grigsby said. “We’re not talking about reinventing the wheel. This has already been done successfully.” Meanwhile, a group backed by Grigsby has launched an advertis-ing campaign focused on the grow-ing problem of violent crime in the area. The campaign, entitled “Fight, Not Fear” utilizes television, print, a web site and social media to draw public attention to the fact that crime inBatonRougeissignificantlyout-pacing similar-sized communities. Theadcampaigncallsforunifi-cation of the Parish’s two separate

police systems. A news release from www.fightnotfear.com said,“Unifying the two departmentswouldmeangreaterefficiencyandmore police officers on the streetsfightingcrime.” The Fight, Not Fear group issued the following statement: FBI crime statistics show there has been a 40 percent increase in the Baton Rouge murder rate over the past 10 years. Baton Rouge has a higher murder rate per capita than Houston, Los Angeles, NewYork, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, andWashington, D.C. The violent crime rate and the property crime rate in Baton Rouge are higher than the rates for the nation and Louisiana,according to recentFBIstatis-tics. Not isolated to any one neighborhood, the crime epidemic is spreading across the parish according to an article in The Advo-cate in March of this year. “As election day draws closer, it’s clear that the number one issue for voters in Baton Rouge is crime and the status quo is not working,” said spokesman JayConnaughton. “City lead-ers are not delivering the results needed to protect the people.” The “Fight, Not Fear” campaign high-lightstheproblemsandinefficienciescre-ated by the current system of policing. In June, WAFB reported that Baton RougePolice and Fire departments are short by approximately60officers.“Theproblemofcrime in Baton Rouge is real and growing,” said Connaughton. “How much worse does it have to get before city leaders are willing to consider true reform? Casually nibbling around the edges will not change the dan-gerous trajectory the city is on.” One reason for the growing area crime problem is that Baton Rouge has two sepa-rate police systems to service the same city. The result is double the bureaucracy and fewerofficersonthestreetsofacitythatispoised to become the crime capital of the country.Othercitiesacross theU.S.havefaced similar crime problems and cut crime by unifying their law enforcement. Char-lotte,Indianapolis,Louisville,andLasVe-

gashaveallunifiedtheirlawenforcementand cut crime as a result. Research released by the campaign shows positive outcomes from cities who chose to merge and unify their police sys-tems. After police unification, Charlottesaw a 45 percent decrease in crime, added 200 officers and support personnel andsaw an increase in police efficiency. In-dianapolis witnessed a drop in murder of 20 percent and saw decreased crime rates overall, quicker response times, and a re-duction in murder, property crime and ve-hicle theft.After unifying,Louisville haddouble-digit decreases in crime, sworn officersmovedoutofadministrativeposi-tions and onto the street, and residents gave high levels of approval to police services and felt safer in their neighborhoods. Post unification,LasVegaswent fromrankingnumber one in crime to number 205. Over-all crime dropped 36 percent and violent crime dropped 52 percent. They eliminated duplication of resources and improved ef-ficiency. “In April of 2011, city leadership toyed withtheconceptofunificationoflawen-forcement in Baton Rouge, but abandoned the concept without any study, serious con-sideration or opportunity for citizens to ex-press their views on the subject.” “All the solutions to the crime problem should be on the table,” said Connaughton. “It’s time for the citizens of Baton Rouge to call on cityofficialstolookatthefactsandnotbeafraid to do the right thing.” The “Fight, Not Fear” campaign calls on citizens to reach out to leadership within the community and insist that Baton Rouge unify its law enforcement and deliver re-sults. A feature on the “Fight, Not Fear” website allows residents to lobby their community leaders asking for unificationof police forces in Baton Rouge. The “Fight, Not Fear” campaign origi-natedwithLaneGrigsby, aBatonRougeresident and businessman, political activist and community leader. Grigsby views this campaign not as a political issue but one of protecting the future of his hometown. Tolearnmoreaboutpoliceunification,visit FightNotFear.com.

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Cassidy: Our Biggest Problem Is DebtGovernment Is Burdening Future Generations

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Regarding the terrorist attack ontheU.S.consulateinBenghaziandthemurderoftheU.S.ambas-sador and three other Americans, Cassidy said emails sent during the attack show that it was not a dem-onstration against a video but a co-ordinated terrorist attack. “They cut off roads and carried rocket

grenades. The attack occurred on 9/11.” When asked whether Benghazi would be grounds for impeach-ment, Cassidy said it was too early to think of things like that. “I pre-fer not to speculate but I do know this. We learn from history. In the Battle of the Bulge, Eisenhower gathered his forces until he was

strongenough. Youshouldnevercharge rashly ahead before you are ready!” When asked what he can do to effect the outcome of the election, Cassidy turned the question and said, “It’s not about what I can do but about what we can do. One of the most critical things is for you to call or email all of your friends

in the swing states and urge them to vote for Mitt Romney for Presi-dent.At this point, the TV com-mercials don’t mean much but yourpersonal influencewithyourfriends and relatives could be the thing that sways their vote.” Cassidy has been endorsed in his reelection bid by the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish.

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CONGRESSMAN BILL CASSIDY with Scott McKay of The Hayride;CatherineJenkinsWheeler,CassidyElizabethDent,StacyHudson,andGlendaPollard;andCassidyatnewChamberEBR.

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President Kip Holden, is expected to lead an effort to reduce the size and cost of the City-Parish govern-ment if he is elected. The race for theLouisianaSu-premeCourtisparticularlysignifi-cant because the election of a con-servative Republican to the court from the Baton Rouge area would give the court a solid 4-3 conserva-tivemajority. Chief JusticeKittyKimball, who announced her re-tirement at the end of the year, is considered a more liberal member of the court. Five Republican judges are among eight candidates seeking the Supreme Court seat, and most experts predict a Republican victo-ry,althoughCourtofAppealJudgeJohnMichaelGuidry,aDemocrat,is also considered a formidable candidate. Besides President, Mayor-Pres-ident, and state Supreme Court, the remaining voters in East Baton Rouge Parish will help choose a Court ofAppeal Judge, two CityJudges, several members of theMetro Council, City Constable, and the Ward 3 Constable for the JusticeofthePeaceCourt. Voterswill alsodecide the fateof nine proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution, a re-newal of a Mosquito Control tax, and term limits for school board members. In East Baton Rouge Parish, there are four school districts — East Baton Rouge, Baker, Central, and Zachary — and voters in each school district will decide in a sep-arate vote whether to impose term limits on school board members. If the referendum is approved in a district, board members would be limited to three four-year terms. On Tuesday, the polls will open

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John M. GuidrySupreme Court

Toni HigginbothamSupreme Court

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William MorvantSupreme Court

Mary Olive PiersonSupreme Court

Jeffry SanfordSupreme Court

Duke WelchSupreme Court

Gideon Carter IIICourt of Appeal

Mike McDonaldCourt of Appeal

Trudy WhiteCourt of Appeal

Alex WallCity Judge, Div. C

Joel PorterCity Judge, Div. C

Bill CassidyU.S. Congress 6th

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Smokie BourgeoisMetro District 12

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John DelgadoMetro District 12

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Reginald BrownConstable

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Carey JenkinsWard 3

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Incorporating the South Baton Rouge JournalVol. 21 • No. 6 • Entire contents © 2012

CAPITAL CITY NEWS

Capital City News is a continuation of the SouthBatonRougeJournal, which went on hiatus in 2008 during its 20th year of publication. The Capital City News resumed publication of the JournalwithVol.21,No.1onAug.16,2012.CommunityPress,LLC,publishestheCentral City News on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.

Editor & Publisher Woody JenkinsBusiness Manager Candi LeeGraphic Artist Terrie PalmerBusiness Specialists Shara Pollard, Jolice Provost

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DWAYNE BAILEY ENDORSED BY REPUBLICAN PARTY — The Republican Party ofEastBatonRougeParishtodayannounceditsendorsementofDwayneBaileyforUnitedStates Congress from the 2nd Congressional District. The district, which is majority black, includes part of East Baton Rouge Parish. It is currently represented by Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans). Bailey is a Republican leader from Ascension Parish.

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Community Press 2012 Publication ScheduleCapital City News - 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month

Capital City News is distributed in South Baton Rouge & CentralCentral City News - 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each monthCentral City News is distributed primarily in the City of Central

NOTE: Both newspapers cover news in CentralDeadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication

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Thursday, Dec. 6 Capital City NewsThursday, Dec. 13 Central City NewsThursday, Dec. 20 Christmas Edition for both newspapersNo publications Dec. 27 and Jan. 3, 2013

BATON ROUGE — Throughout my 40 years representing the business community—firstwith theGreaterLafayette Chamber of CommerceandthenwithLABI—Ihavebeenastudent of energy issues and energy economics. I was in Lafayette when thestreets were paved (figurativelyspeaking) with black gold; and I was there when the oil patch crashed and brought Louisiana down withit. I recall all the dire predictions of when “peak oil” would occur, and I have watched each of those predic-tions proven wrong. I thought I knew quite a bit about oil and gas and how that industry impacts the economy. Recently, along with many “experts,” I have learned how little I knew. TheU.S.DepartmentofEnergy(DOE)—definitely not a cheer-leader for the oil and gas industry in the current administration—re-cently forecast that theU.S. couldsoon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading producer of oil. Wow! According to the U.S.Energy Information Administra-tion, our domestic production of oil and liquid hydrocarbons now totals 10.9million barrels a day.That isless than 1 million barrels behind the Saudis and almost a million bar-

rels more than energy giant Rus-sia is producing. The change agent driving the growing increase of oil productionintheU.S.isthedrillingand production of oil shale plays

check. The shale drilling explosion has also vastly expanded natural gas reservesintheU.S.Thenextlogicalstep toward energy independence is using compressed natural gas as a fuel source for a greater percentage of vehicles on our roads. That would significantly reducethe importation of oil and make our nation less dependent on volatile sources such as the Middle East. The early completion of the Trans-Canada Keystone XL pipelinewould also make our energy picture more secure in the near future. Increased domestic oil produc-tion through expanded shale drilling does more than increase our energy security. It can be a huge driver of our economy. In fact, it already is. Some sourc-es estimate that shale drilling will spawn well over a million new jobs

during the rest of this decade. Most of those jobs will be top-end though not all of them will be directly in-volved in exploration and produc-tion. Manufacturing, technology, and transportation are some of the areas where many Americans will findgreat jobs due to this new vista in energy development. This new real-ity positionsLouisianawell to getits share of those new jobs. The sky is the limit when it comes to domestic energy produc-tion in the era of shale drilling. The biggest limiting factor is ex-cessive government regulation. In the era of $3.50 gasoline and high unemployment, consumers aren’t going to be supportive of govern-mentfiatsthatdriveupenergycostsand kill jobs. Evidence of that may rise to the surface on November 6.

Dan Juneau of LABI Says ‘Move Over Saudi Arabia!’

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around the coun-try. The good news is we have a huge upside for using shale oil to movetheU.S.to-ward energy inde-pendence. The DOE es-timates that in 2013 domestic oil production could reach almost 11.5 million barrels a day, essentially tying us with Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading producer. Private analysts estimate that our national daily oil production could range between 13 to 15 million bar-rels by 2020. Five years ago, no one dreamed those production to-tals were possible. Ten years ago, the “experts” were spouting dire “peak oil” prophecies and lament-ing energy-related national security problems. Rising oil production in and of itselfwillnotmaketheU.S.energyindependent. We still consume 18.7 million barrels of oil a day, but that figure is not rising. Increased fuelefficiencyofvehiclesanduseofre-newable and alternative fuel sources is helping to keep oil consumption in

Dan Juneau


Dan Juneau President,La.Assn.ofBusiness&Industry

2012: A Year of Decision

‘Yes’ to Term Limits for EBR School Board

Woody Jenkins

BATON ROUGE — Proponents of educational reform have made a major push to change the way pub-liceducationworksinLouisiana. Reforming local school boards has been an important part of that effort. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, vot-ers across the state will get to have their say on one of the proposed reforms — term limits for school board members. At present, school board members can serve an un-limited number of four-year terms. Sometimes that has worked out

12 Years Should BeEnough for MemberTo Achieve Goals Woody Jenkins Editor, Capital City News

on the East Ba-ton Rouge Par-ish School Board for 42 years — the longest serv-ing school board member in state history. He made an enormous con-tribution to public education over the years.

very well. For example, Mr. T. H. Montgomery represented Central

But, all too often, long-serving school board members accumulate too much power and exercise un-due influence over personnel andpolicy decisions. The purpose of term limits is to prevent the undue accumulation of political power in the hands of a few. The answer, of course, is to votethe#@&%’soutofoffice.

The problem is that politicians findways toensconce themselvesinofficeinways thatmakeit im-possibletovotethemoutofoffice,precisely because they have ac-cumulated so much power. They may have gotten many of their supporters placed in the bureaucra-cy, creating a strong political force, or endeared themselves to govern-ment contractors who in turn fund their reelection campaigns. In any case, voters within the boundaries of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system will have the opportunity to vote on term limits for EBR school board members on Tuesday. Board members would be limited to three four-year terms. VotersinBaker,Central,andZach-ary will vote separately. Here in Baton Rouge, term limits for EBR Board members seem like a very good idea indeed.

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Nov. 6, 2012President Mitt RomneyVice President Paul RyanCongress, 2nd Dwayne BaileyCongress, 6th Bill CassidyPSC Scott AngelleMayor Mike WalkerSupreme Ct. Tim Kelley or Toni HigginbothamCt. of Appeal Mike McDonaldCity Judge Suzan PonderCity Constable Alester JonesMetro Council Buddy AmorosoMetro Council Smokie BourgeoisJ.P. Constable Carey Jenkins

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Departmentneeds70newofficers Walker said putting more of-ficers on the streets is one of thekeystofightingviolence. Crime and the Baton Rouge Police Department were recurring issues throughout the hour-long debate,whichwasheldattheLSUManship School of Mass Com-munications and sponsored by WAFB-TV. It was broadcast oncable Channel 16. The debate began with a ques-tion about a controversial commer-cial by Mike Walker on the use of Baton Rouge City Police to escort Nation of Islam Minister LouisFarrakhan from the New Orleans AirporttoSouthernUniversity. The 30-second spot, which has aired on Baton Rouge television stations the past week showed a video clip of Minister Farrakhan thanking Holden for using Baton Rouge City Police to pick him up at the New Orleans Airport and es-cort him to Baton Rouge. In the debate, Holden said, “This is the kind of ad that divides people” by race. Independent can-didates Gordon Mese and Steve Myers were also critical of the ad. But Mike Walker said, “This is not about race at all. It’s a very bad practice to escort private citizens around Baton Rouge. Our police officers are needed in the streets.They are not an escort service. This is a bad policy that needs to be changed.” Matt Kennedy of radio station

Talk 107.3 told the candidates the Green Light Program has beengood but the Interstate highways remain in gridlock. He asked for their solutions. Myers said there are inconve-niences in life and that the focus needstobeonmovingtraffic.Moreturn lanes and turn signals would help,hesaid.“TheLoopispieinthesky” and not the answer, Myers said. Holden, the chief supporter of theLoop,said,“TheLoopisveryreal. Fear mongers say it’s com-ing through my house. We’re still lookingattheNorthernLoop.We

need at least a by-pass.” Walker said, “We can thank Tom Ed McHugh for the Pothole Tax. We’ve been increasing capacity, and we need to focus on moving traffic.”Walkersaidtheproblemisregional and that he will develop a relationship with parish presidents in surrounding parishes. Mese said the Loop is a 20thcentury solution to a 21st century problem. He said it would cost $4 billion and such money would be better spent on redevelopment of the Mid-City and North Baton Rouge areas.

Responding to a question from Stephanie Riegle of the Business Report, Holden, Walker, and My-ers all said they opposed giving ad-ditional money to CATS, the Capi-tal Area Transportation System, which operates the Baton Rouge bus company. Holden, who strong-ly supported the recent increase in the CATS property tax, said CATS has to have better efficiency andthat CATS has made promises they arenotfulfilling. Walker, an outspoken opponent of the CATS tax increase, said the tax should be repealed. “It was passed in a gerry-mandered district. It goes to a failing bus company. We should not subsidize it. These funds should be used to put more policeofficersonthestreets.” GrantYenni,anLSUstudent,re-turned the discussion to crime, and Walker said crime is the No. 1 issue. He said, “We do not have enough police officers. To illustrate this,19 subdivisions in Baton Rougehave created special law enforce-ment districts and taxed themselves to provide more police patrols. We are not going to be ‘The Next Great City’ until we are a safe city.” When asked if there is a crime emergency, Holden said Walker is likeChickenLittle,whosaystheskyisfalling.“Puttingofficersonev-ery street corner is not the answer.” Walker criticized Holden for holding up $4 million in law en-forcement funds and not getting approval from Sheriff Sid Gau-

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her time coaching 5-6 year old soc-cer. Kayleigh visits the nursing home weekly, and is a high honor student with a 4.0 GPA. • JuniormaidMs. Courtney Gray is a JV andVarsity volleyball playerand a member of the Varsity CheerSquad. She has been a member of the Wolfettes basketball dance for two

years and is a member of the choir. Courtney volunteers her time outside of school, visiting the nursing home during the holidays. She has been vol-unteering in her church as a liturgical dancer since the age of three. • JuniormaidMs. Dominique Nash is a JV and varsity volleyball playerand received the 2011-2012 volleyball coach’s award. She is a member of the Wolfette basketball dance. Dominique serves as the treasurer of Best Bud-dies and is a part of the campus min-istry team and Gospel choir. She is a member of the Knights of Peter Claver JuniorDaughterswheresheholds theposition ofViceGrandLady. Domi-nique has volunteered her time with the Sickle Cell Anemia Bowling bash,

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besafe,andnodeficittoolargetoovercome. The game went back and forth. Fortunately, we had the ball last!” he said. Both teams entered the game 3-0 in district play. Now Central is 8-1, 4-0 in district, and ranked No. 7 in the state in power ratings. The victory included three touch-downsbyseniorrunningbackLa-monte Janeau and an outstandingperformance by the offensive line. Coach Sid commended the

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Gridiron ClassicLeaves CentralNo. 7 in State inPower Ranking Woody Jenkins Editor, Capital City News

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Photos by Woody Jenkins of Capital City NewsNext Game: Live Oak at Central • 7 p.m Friday • Pink Out

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spending time with family. Lexie’sa three-year member of the vol-leyball team and this year she has joined the Spanish Club and FCA. • Senior maid Jessica Breaux is the daughter of Darrin and JenniferBreaux. She’s led worship as part of the high school’s Praise Band for the last four years and has performed in the SpringMusicalforthelastthree.Jessi-ca is a member of the Beta Club and the Drama Club, too. She enjoys singing, spending time with friends and family. • Senior maid Taylor Causey is the daughter of Michael and Carmella Causey. She’s a four-year member of the youth group at Parkview Baptist Church and is serving this year as a member of its leadership team. Taylor’s vice-president of the Art Club and is a member the Beta Club and Book Club too. She enjoys drawing and painting, reading, watching Disney movies, and “Pinteresting.” Taylor plans to attend either Centenary or Baylor and wants to major in either zoology or marine biology. • Senior maid Jenna Griffin is the daughter of Dr. Jeff and PamelaGriffin.She isamemberof theBeta

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Everyone is invited to the 3rd An-nual Blue Tie Service being held at Central Private School. Guest speak-ers are Central Middle student Mi-cah Barnett; Gold Star family of 1st Lt.ChristopherBarnett; graduate ofCentral Private and wounded warrior, Bobby Westbrook, and Claudia Bil-liot, a veteran and Gold Star Sister of SPC Marisol Heredia. Blue Star and Gold Star families will be present.

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of us being together.’” Addison, who is completing his third four-year term, said he has known Mike Walker for more than 20 years and that they have worked closely together on the Metro Coun-cil for the past 12 years. “Mike Walker is a very hard worker. What you see is what you get. He tells you where he stands. He tries to find common groundand to make the situation better. I believe that, as Mayor-President, he would hit the issues head-on, especially crime and infrastructure — roads, bridges, and the sewer system. We have some very serious problems, such as the sewer sys-tem, which has ballooned under the current Mayor from $686 million to $1.4 billion with no explanation from the Mayor.” “WepassedtheGreenLightPro-grambutwestilldon’thavetrafficmoving in the right direction.” Regarding Mayor-President Kip Holden, Councilman Addison said the public has a completely distort-ed impression. “People have the impression that he is very friendly but that is not the case at all. Be-hind the scenes, he is very conten-

treaux. Holden countered by say-ing he was just abiding by the law. Greg Merriweather of WAFB-TVaskedWalkeraboutHoldenus-ing a detail of City Police to provide protection for himself. Walker said, “I drive myself to work everyday. Crime is so bad but the Mayor uses alltheseofficersashisbodyguards.How much have we spent on secu-rity for the Mayor? There are three or fourpoliceofficers surroundingthe Mayor everywhere he goes.” Stephanie Riegle asked Holden about his relationship with other pub-licofficialswhohadoriginallysup-ported him. “What happened?” she asked. Holden said, “Ask Walker. As to the Sheriff, I laid out the law. HillarMooreandIaredoingfine.”

CENTRAL — The Central Com-munity School System has been awarded a $50,000 grant to launch a new Industrial Electrician Certi-ficationProgram. The program will be open to students at Central High School during the day and to students and members of the community during the evening. Classes will be held at the Career Technology Lab atthe new Central Middle School. Supt. Mike Faulk said the school system is grateful for the grant from theAssociatedBuilders&Contrac-tors. Faulk said, “This is the kind of program which will provide a qualifiedworkforceinorneartheCentral area for the years ahead.”

Reunion of Sid Edwards’ RedemptoristTeams BATON ROUGE — Last Thurs-day’s Homecoming ceremonies at Redemptorist High School in-cluded a special tribute to alum-ni who played football for the Wolves over the years. Prior to the game, members of the 2002 Redemptorist State Championship football team gathered for a reunion along with head coach Sid Edwards and oth-er members of the coaching staff. The 2002 team was joined by other Redemptorist players who were coached by Coach Sid, who is now head coach at Central. Edwards coached Redemptor-ist to one state basketball and two state football championships.

Mayor-President Debate Centered Around Crime Issue When Riegle asked about his relationship with Metro Council members, Holden said, “It depends on the day.” Many Council members have complainedtheMayorisdifficulttowork with or unavailable. Myers said a vote for him will be a vote for civil rights, lower taxes and making Baton Rouge a better place to live. “It’s time for a change. We need fresh eyes. Someone com-petent, capable, independent. Re-member, a vote for your principles is never a wasted vote.” Holden criticized Walker, saying, “He has no track record, no solu-tions. He doesn’t give people credit for having common sense. We have come too far to turn around now.” Mese said, “My family has lived

here for over a century. My degrees are in planning. We’re going into a runoff. The question is, who can cross party and racial lines?” He said Walker is incapable of beating Holden and should withdraw. Walker asked, “Is this a safe city? Are changes needed? Which

candidate are you most comfortable with?” Walker said he has been faithful and will continue to be faith-ful to God, the country, his family, and the citizens of the parish. “If you want to make a change, then help me next Tuesday,” he said.

tious and at odds with the other pub-licofficials thataMayor-Presidenthas to work with, such as the Metro Council, the Sheriff, and the D.A. We need a Mayor who will embrace other people and work with them to get things done.” “If you disagree with the Mayor on anything, he shuts you out. I like Mike Walker because he reaches across races, incomes, and politics and works with people.” Addison said he has been watch-ing the political commercials. “The Mayorsayswearefirstinthisandfirst in that,but that’snot thewaypeople here feel. Whether it is edu-cation, crime, or employment, we are nowhere near where we need to be. And the murder rate is indisput-able.” “We really need to move the City-Parish in a different direction. As an African-American leader, I want a better Baton Rouge. We can do that with all races and all parties if they meet us half way. I want us to get away from racial politics. Mike Walker will do that.” Addison said a number of key black leaders will be publicly ex-pressing their support for Walker between now and election day.

The program is scheduled to be-gin in the spring semester. Supt. Faulk plans to survey students to determine their interest. Central High already offers a welding cer-tificationprogram. High school students will prob-ably take the course two hours a day, while night students will take the course three hours a night three nights a week. The course will be onesemesterlongatfirstandwillexpand to two semesters in the fall, he said. At the end of the course, students will be eligible to take certificationtests. For more information, contact the Central Community School Systemat225-262-1919.

Central to Launch ClassesFor Electrician Certificate

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CHS HomecomingFriday, October 26, 2012 • Wildcat Stadium

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Junior Mallory & Eric Burns Junior Jordan & Philip Guay Junior Maggie Milstead & Darryl Shaffer Sophomore Tobi & Matt Baudry

Sophomore Morgan & Guy Blanchard

CENTRAL — Miss Breigh Allen was named the 2012 Central High School Homecoming Queen in ceremonies at Wildcat Stadium. She was crowned by the 2011 Homecoming Queen, Garilon Triplett. The members of the court were: •Miss Payton Michelle Coxe is afreshmanandafirstyearmemberofthe court. She is a freshman cheer-leader at Central High School. •Miss McKenzie Knapps is a freshmanandafirstyearmemberofthe court. She enjoys singing, writing music, hunting, fishing, playing bas-ketball, and playing the guitar. McK-enzie says music is her life but God is her everything. •Miss Serenity Lanclos is a freshmanandafirstyearmemberofthe court. She enjoys dancing and spending time with her friends. •Miss Tobi Baudry is a sopho-more and a second year member of the court. She is a member of the varsity girls’ soccer team, junior varsity cheer squad, and the 10th grade leadership team. •Miss Morgan Blanchard is a sophomore and a first year memberof the court. She is a member of the Beta Club, youth and government, 10th grade leadership team, and the JVcheersquad. •Miss Yuri Ma. Yuri is a sopho-moreandafirst yearmemberof thecourt. She is honored to be a part of this year’s court. She is attending CHS as a part of the student exchange program. Her host parents are Danny

andSaraAllen. Yuri enjoysplayingthe piano and cooking. Her favor-ite pastimes are spending time with friends and eating chocolate. •Miss Rebekah Ann Phillips is a sophomore and a first year mem-ber of the court. She is a second year member of the Best Buddies Club. Rebekah is an active member of the Youth Department and dedicatedmember of Comite Baptist Church. •Miss Blaire Bauer is a junior and a second year member of the court. She is a member of the varsity cheer squad, the Beta Club, and Best Buddies. •Miss Mallory Burns is a ju-nior and a second year member of the court. She is a member of the varsity cheer team and the CHS track team. Mallory is a member of the Beta Club and Board Games Club. •Miss Jordan Gauy is a junior andafirst yearmemberof the courtand a varsity cheerleader. •Miss Maggie Milstead is a ju-nior and a first year member of thecourt. She is a member of the CHS Kittens dance team. •Miss Breigh Anne Allen is a se-nior and a third year member of the court. Breigh maintains a 4.0 GPA and is the president of Student Coun-cil and the Best Buddies Club. She is amemberoftheBetaClubandYouthin Government. •Miss Hannah Rae Ashford is a senior and a second year member of the court. She is a member and cap-tain of the CHS Kittens dance team. Hannah is senior class vice president, a member of the Beta Club, a member

of the CODA Dance Studio, and an activememberofJourneyChurch. •Miss Kassidy Bezet is a senior andafirstyearmemberofthecourt.She is a member of the Best Buddies and the Bible Club. Kassidy is an ac-tive member of The Rock Church. •Miss Shelby Breckwoldt is a seniorandafirstyearmemberofthecourt. She is the captain of the varsity cheerleading squad, treasurer of the Senior Class of 2013, and treasurer of the Student Council. Shelby is a mem-ber of the Beta Club and Best Buddies.

•Miss Victoria Dixon is a senior andafirstyearmemberofthecourt.She is secretary of the Beta Club and an active member of Central Commu-nityTheatre.VictoriaisamemberofFCS, Bible Club, and Central High’s Thespian Troupe. •Miss Crystal Rankin is a senior andafirstyearmemberofthecourt.She is a member of the soccer team, theStudentLighthouseteam,andFel-lowship of Christian Students. Crys-tal is an active member of the Zoar BaptistYouthGroup.

Sophomore Yuri Ma & Billy Pryor Sophomore Rebekah & Dale Phillips Freshman Payton & John Coxe

Freshman McKenzie & Brian Knapps Freshman Serenity & John Lanclos

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