Breaking News
According to non-country club republican sources, the Honorable Kay Kellogg Katz has been replaced as Louisiana’s National Republican Woman’s Representative. By a vote of 144-27 (84% of the votes cast) Ms. Ruth Ulrich (www.ruthulrich.com) of Monroe was elected and will represent Louisiana at the National Convention in Minnesota. As I recall some $122,259.58 (Campaign Finance Report Dated 10/03/2007) was raised to return Ms. Katz to office last Fall precisely because she was a member of the National Republican Committee. Makes a grown person wonder.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Dean of College of Pharmacy Resigns Suddenly
Breaking news
Dean Lamar Pritchard of the ULM College of Pharmacy e-mailed his faculty on Friday, August 22, 2008, to announce that he was resigning his position. There was a mad scramble by the administration to cta's. Here's the skinny. During the 2008 legislative session the Dean was in Baton Rouge visiting with the northeast Louisiana Delegation and asking for money for the School of Pharmacy. The legislators responded, "We gave you money last year. Why are you asking for more?" The Dean's response was, "We didn't get the money you gave us last year!" The legislators, all men and women of courage, called the administration asking/demanding an explanation of the Dean's remarks in Baton Rouge. Again, ever adroit at cta's, the administration said there must be some mistake. Yeah, the mistake was the Dean talked to the legislators! There's more involving the accreditation process, promises made but unfunded by the administration, but that's inside pool.
Dean Lamar Pritchard of the ULM College of Pharmacy e-mailed his faculty on Friday, August 22, 2008, to announce that he was resigning his position. There was a mad scramble by the administration to cta's. Here's the skinny. During the 2008 legislative session the Dean was in Baton Rouge visiting with the northeast Louisiana Delegation and asking for money for the School of Pharmacy. The legislators responded, "We gave you money last year. Why are you asking for more?" The Dean's response was, "We didn't get the money you gave us last year!" The legislators, all men and women of courage, called the administration asking/demanding an explanation of the Dean's remarks in Baton Rouge. Again, ever adroit at cta's, the administration said there must be some mistake. Yeah, the mistake was the Dean talked to the legislators! There's more involving the accreditation process, promises made but unfunded by the administration, but that's inside pool.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Will The Pall Never Lift From The Side Of Monroe North Of Forsythe?
Will the pall never lift from the side of Monroe north of Forsythe? They woke up Wednesday morning to an above-the-fold 8 X 10 of school board member Mrs. Brenda Shelling hugging, have you, the neck of the new superintendent of the Monroe City School System--the fired-twice old superintendent of the Monroe City School System!
What is a body on the side of Monroe north of Forsythe to do? It surely shakes their faith in old man Machiavelli who, of course, currently resides among the-powers-that-be on the side of Monroe north of Forsythe.
You see, Ms. Shelling was quite literally wined and dined at the fashionable Sage Restaurant by the side of Monroe north of Forsythe to get her vote to fire the superintendent, and she did it once, along with the Rev. Rodney McFarland, 5-2 Then Rev. McFarland reversed his vote on a second vote, but Ms. Shelling stuck with the side of Monroe north of Forsythe, 4-3. Moving forward, you say?
So let’s get a gaggle of people—some who don’t even live in Monroe-- to spend a lot of time searching for a new superintendent, pay the interview expenses of a bunch of gullible candidates, and pay an old member of the school board (OldMSB) from the side of Monroe north of Forsythe an annualized salary of $112,000 to jerk their collective chains. A formula for success, you say?
Then Wednesday night forsaking the advisory committee’s time, the search expenses, the jerk your chain OldMSB’s expenses, all of her gifts, favors and gift-givers, Mrs. Shelling votes to keep the superintendent she voted twice to fire. As the Sage once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men (and Machiavelli) often go awry".
What is a body on the side of Monroe north of Forsythe to do? It surely shakes their faith in old man Machiavelli who, of course, currently resides among the-powers-that-be on the side of Monroe north of Forsythe.
You see, Ms. Shelling was quite literally wined and dined at the fashionable Sage Restaurant by the side of Monroe north of Forsythe to get her vote to fire the superintendent, and she did it once, along with the Rev. Rodney McFarland, 5-2 Then Rev. McFarland reversed his vote on a second vote, but Ms. Shelling stuck with the side of Monroe north of Forsythe, 4-3. Moving forward, you say?
So let’s get a gaggle of people—some who don’t even live in Monroe-- to spend a lot of time searching for a new superintendent, pay the interview expenses of a bunch of gullible candidates, and pay an old member of the school board (OldMSB) from the side of Monroe north of Forsythe an annualized salary of $112,000 to jerk their collective chains. A formula for success, you say?
Then Wednesday night forsaking the advisory committee’s time, the search expenses, the jerk your chain OldMSB’s expenses, all of her gifts, favors and gift-givers, Mrs. Shelling votes to keep the superintendent she voted twice to fire. As the Sage once said, “The best laid plans of mice and men (and Machiavelli) often go awry".
Monday, August 11, 2008
Did the ULS Board Approve International Travel for Two Of President Cofer's Employees
July 31, 2008
President Randy Moffett
University of Louisiana System
1201 N 3rd St.
Suite 7-300
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Dear President Moffett:
I have enclosed an article from the Monroe News Star which states that the University of Louisiana-Monroe will pay for the travel expenses of two of its employees to China for the opening of the Olympics. If my memory serves me correctly, international travel must be approved by the Board of the Louisiana System. Since the article indicates this trip was thrown together at the last minute, I just wonder if board approval has been granted for the trip by two of Dr. Cofer’s employees. I would appreciate it very much if you would check into this and let me know if Board approval was granted for this trip.
President Randy Moffett
University of Louisiana System
1201 N 3rd St.
Suite 7-300
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Dear President Moffett:
I have enclosed an article from the Monroe News Star which states that the University of Louisiana-Monroe will pay for the travel expenses of two of its employees to China for the opening of the Olympics. If my memory serves me correctly, international travel must be approved by the Board of the Louisiana System. Since the article indicates this trip was thrown together at the last minute, I just wonder if board approval has been granted for the trip by two of Dr. Cofer’s employees. I would appreciate it very much if you would check into this and let me know if Board approval was granted for this trip.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Show Trial of the 21st Century Begins in Monroe
Show Trial of the 21st Century Begins in Monroe, LA
The ghost of Huey P. Long was surely present this morning to witness the preliminary hearing for the Friends of Francis (Thompson) show trial in U. S. District Court in Monroe. Magistrate Karen Hays was presiding.
But there was no Senator Francis Thompson.
Present were a slice, dare I say all, of Richland Parish landed gentry. All the wives, ex-wives, girl friends, ex-girlfriends, servants, fully three generations of Thompsons and their political cronies were part of a standing room only crowd in the court room.
Starting with Mr. Coenen and his notorious attorney Mike Small of Alexandria, each defendant was called to the bar to be sworn in and Mirandized. Magistrate Hays read a description of the charges and the potential sentences and fines to each defendant and asked them if they understood the charges and penalties. In each case they answered in the affirmative. In each case their attorneys entered a plea of not guilty on all charges. The United States is represented by Ms. Mignon Griffin.
It would not be a stretch to say that these normally jovial and back-slapping politically powerful folks were deadly serious today. I am sure some sphincter muscles were seriously puckered up under those imported Brooks Brothers suits.
Could this be the “last hurrah” for the Thompson clan? Will they soon join their political buddy Edwin Edwards in the Marksville Federal Pen? Stay on-line for more information.
The ghost of Huey P. Long was surely present this morning to witness the preliminary hearing for the Friends of Francis (Thompson) show trial in U. S. District Court in Monroe. Magistrate Karen Hays was presiding.
But there was no Senator Francis Thompson.
Present were a slice, dare I say all, of Richland Parish landed gentry. All the wives, ex-wives, girl friends, ex-girlfriends, servants, fully three generations of Thompsons and their political cronies were part of a standing room only crowd in the court room.
Starting with Mr. Coenen and his notorious attorney Mike Small of Alexandria, each defendant was called to the bar to be sworn in and Mirandized. Magistrate Hays read a description of the charges and the potential sentences and fines to each defendant and asked them if they understood the charges and penalties. In each case they answered in the affirmative. In each case their attorneys entered a plea of not guilty on all charges. The United States is represented by Ms. Mignon Griffin.
It would not be a stretch to say that these normally jovial and back-slapping politically powerful folks were deadly serious today. I am sure some sphincter muscles were seriously puckered up under those imported Brooks Brothers suits.
Could this be the “last hurrah” for the Thompson clan? Will they soon join their political buddy Edwin Edwards in the Marksville Federal Pen? Stay on-line for more information.
Monday, August 4, 2008
University of Louisiana Monroe in the News
Remember that report about Northeast University not paying $347,989.04 in payroll taxes (Tax Lien with UCC, Bk 2694, pg. 278 in The Ouachita Parish edition of the Legal Recorder, Inc. dated July 8, 2008)? Well it turns out not paying payroll taxes to the IRS is a federal crime. For example, the Department of Justice July 30, 2008) just announced the sentencing of a former Fort Worth nursing home executive to 10 years in federal prison for among other things not paying payroll taxes. President Cofer may be doing the perp walk very soon!
Oh my, the August 1, 2008, The Morning Paper, the best investigative newspaper in Louisiana, reports that Northeast University only received $2,000,000 from this year’s capital outlay budget. Here’s the complete list: McNeese State $34.99 million, ULL $24.62 million, Louisiana Tech $21.96 million, Grambling $14.13 million, Northwestern State $17.25 million, Southeastern Louisiana $10.1 million. In a year when the Louisiana budget was bursting with dollars, northeast got $15 million less than the average awarded to all the members of the University of Louisiana System. Rumor has it that, just like before President Swearingen got the ax from Sally Clausen, the Louisiana legislature is cutting off the money to President Cofer before he gets the ax from President Moffett!
Oh my, the August 1, 2008, The Morning Paper, the best investigative newspaper in Louisiana, reports that Northeast University only received $2,000,000 from this year’s capital outlay budget. Here’s the complete list: McNeese State $34.99 million, ULL $24.62 million, Louisiana Tech $21.96 million, Grambling $14.13 million, Northwestern State $17.25 million, Southeastern Louisiana $10.1 million. In a year when the Louisiana budget was bursting with dollars, northeast got $15 million less than the average awarded to all the members of the University of Louisiana System. Rumor has it that, just like before President Swearingen got the ax from Sally Clausen, the Louisiana legislature is cutting off the money to President Cofer before he gets the ax from President Moffett!
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