The Vermilion Parish Police Jury approved to support the Louisiana Levee Reform Bill, which would allow the state to levy up to a five -mill property tax on the people of Vermilion, Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.
The money collected by the three parishes in the property tax would go towards the fight against an eroding coastline in the three parishes.
Chris Meaux
LAFAYETTE – Chris Meaux has been promoted to Branch Manager at Gulf Coast Bank’s Kaliste Saloom location in Lafayette. Meaux is also one of Gulf Coast Bank’s Merchant Services specialists.
Meaux started his career at a local finance company in 2003. He then joined Gulf Coast Bank in 2016 and appreciates the Community Bank difference.
Originally from Garland, TX, Meaux is a graduate of Naaman Forest High School in Garland. He then went on to study Accounting at Richland Community College in Dallas, where he graduated in 2003.
Volunteers clean up along State Street in Abbeville during last year’s Great
American Cleanup.
Judges for the Louisiana Garden Club Federation’s Cleanest City Contest will be in Abbeville at some point next Tuesday.
The city won the District State title last year. A strong effort to help Abbeville go back-to-back will be made this Saturday morning.
The annual Great American Cleanup will be held this Saturday, April 8. Volunteers can meet at 9 a.m. at Abbeville City Hall. The effort here is being spearheaded by Keep Abbeville Beautiful (KAB) and the Abbeville Garden Club.
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Office of Community Development is urging all homeowners affected by the March and August 2016 floods to take a brief survey that will be available starting on Monday, April 10.
The survey will be posted on the restore.la.gov website on that date and is the first step toward applying for recovery assistance. Homeowners who don’t have access to the internet can also have their surveys filled in over the telephone.
The survey will be available for a period of time – it does not have to be completed on the opening date.
Sen. Jonathan Perry (R-Kaplan) discusses criminal justice reform during a One Acadiana event Thursday morning.
Rep. Terry Landry (middle with microphone) says his is in favor of criminal justice reform.
LAFAYETTE — As Louisiana officials have looked for cost-cutting measures amid budget issues, one option that has come up is reforming the criminal justice system.
Gov. John Bel Edwards received a plan from the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force two weeks ago. The plan covers a year of examination of sentencing and trends.
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