Jeff
Davis Parish.com
Commentary and Opinion
By: Joe Semmes
Last Updated:
Saturday, February 23, 2008.....
-----------------------October 2007
Jeff Davis Parish's Literacy Disability - It's a Louisiana
Problem too.
-----------------------July 2007
Sales Tax Election Results - Results for Sales Tax Election for Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff's Office
Food or Fuel? - The false promise of ethanol and the choices we may be forced to make.
...................................November 2006
Nov 7th, 2006 - What's Next? -
Opportunities & Growth? - 2% Road Tax
receives overwhelming 60% voter approval.
District 8 Phase 1 - Road Improvement Spreadsheet (This info was handed out at the road tax meeting - Calculations have been added)
Late Breaking Info:
Is the Police Jury
Selling us out with a 2% Sales Tax? -
It's more than just pavement for our roads.
Vote "No" to the Rural 2% Sales Tax in Jeff Davis Parish to
Fund Roads.......Rural roads to be paved...unless of course you don't
have political connections.
The road tax is poorly outlined and is really a
"Joke"! - More information and problems with the proposed 2% tax for
Parish Roads
2% Road/Sales Tax is a Crock! - More things to consider, including the money and the need to exercise patience
................................August 2006
So you want to increase parish sales taxes........Here's my vote on the November 7th proposal to increase parish taxes for roads
Zoning Request Denied for Motocross Park - Pesticide spraying is dangerous near a motocross track but not near our homes?
..................................May 2006
The Ma' Bell Bill - HB966 The Competitive Cable and
Video Services Act
..................................March 2006
"Don't that just beat all"! - A look at
leniency toward a drug offender in Mayberry...errrr I mean
Welsh!
..................................February 2006
Most Recent
:
"Be Like Mike"! - Local Government. Are our
elected officials flexible enough to change course? Some are!
Bubba's Hope House of Tigers
-
A look at Lake Arthur Tigers (Not the High School Mascot
Variety)
More on the Politics of Noise:
This is more than just noise!
Politics of Noise - Piling ordinances
on top of laws already written in Welsh Louisiana and surrounding areas
Extending the Powers of........."Principals"?
Revoking the licenses of students who are expelled.
Sin Tax for Hezbollah
- Louisiana's Sin Tax and the unintended Consequences
The Forgotten Taxpayer
- Our tax dollars, money well forgotten!
My Living Will........Sort of!
A temporary Living Will until I can get a regular one.
.......................................April 2005
Big Name Politicians - Recognizing BIG
names of elected officials and politicians
Rock Chucking - A look at the Lacassine Sugar
Mill
.......................................March 2005
Gator Drag Grant Approved - Contingent on a routine properly filed budget.
Pictures Speak Volumes - "Not only am I an Ass,
but I am an Ass with a Camera"
A Farming Accident: "A possible scenario for
everyone to consider about a cell phone tower"!
The Powers of Bowers over Towers
(re-draft)- Submitted to Jennings Daily News Letter to
Editor
The Powers of Bowers - The Hypocrisy of
Keeping our Children Safe while we spray them down with pesticides.
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The Fine Art of Political Mudslinging - Dirty
Campaigns...I love em'
Gator Drag Part Deux - Car shows,
Needlepoint Championships, Sodom & Gomorrah, and Gator Drag Queens
Mayor Duhon Addresses the Pachyderm Club (and
accidentally blames visiting taxpayers for infrastructure burdens)
.......................................February 2005
Tourist Commission Debates..........Tourism?
Annual Gator Drag Car Fills hotels and runs off hotel guests?
........................................January 2004
Ditches and Culverts and Fee's Oh my! - A look at the recent policy change by the Police Jury
Texas Hold Em' or Texas Hold Up - A look at the poker game Texas Hold Em' and the efforts to stop it!
.........................................December 2004
Shop Jennings First!....."Don't count on it just yet!
--------------------------August 2004
Leroy
911 - Another writer infected by one of Michael
Moore's Movie's
The Cancer in American Business - The decline
of an American Work Ethic
-------------------------------July 2004
Stopping at all Lemonade Stands
Parking City Vehicles & A Conspiracy Theory!
-------------------------------- June 2004
Getting a DIY Education! -
When your kids are getting a "Do it Yourself" education!
The growing Legacy of Mayor Duhon
and Jennings City Council
We lost the Tupper Museum, Old Magnolia Gift Shoppe, Stars
and Stripes Celebration, and a chunk of the Christmas Festivities in just a few
short months of this administration. The remainder of this administration should
be interesting!
---------------------------May 2004
A Look at the "FUBU
Ordinance"
A Jennings City Ordinance to deal with "Ass
Cracks"............No Really!
"I did not say to the man" A
Tribute.
Where's the Abuse Pictures? - A jaded opinion on
the abuse of Iraqi Prisoners. (An alternative view)
Hi-Jacking Voter Rights on behalf of the
tourist commission (Contains supporting references to laws)
Letter to the
Editor (Taxing for Tourism) - Jennings Daily News / Forwarded to Jeff Davis
Parish Police Jury
Taxing for Tourism -
A letter sent to Morrish, Theunissen, Tourist Commission, City of Jennings and
others
---------------------------------April 2004
Telemarketers Beware - Getting Telemarketers to put
YOU on THEIR "Do Not Call" list.
Jeff Davis Legal News - Business or Political
Activist?
Jennings Police Department Raises - "Hey
Tourists! Were protecting the City of Jennings for $6.67 an hour."
Feature article by Jeanece Doucet
Property Taxes / Homestead Exemptions and the Bloodsuckers -
When your thoughts are more sarcastic than your speech!
Zero Thought +
Zero Common Sense = "Zero Tolerance" - Turning
ordinary School Children into compliant little zombies
Parcel Tax Cancelled - Looks like the
opposition even got the sponsors and supporters to say "No"!
----------------------------------March 2004
Hathaway's I'll Conceived Parcel Tax - Setting the Trend
- Revised, Includes Revised Statutes, sample ballot for backup
----------------------------------February 2004
Gunning for
Bobbie Clark - The sequel to Bowling for Bobbie Clark - A response to his
response
Hathaway's Ill-Conceived Property and Parcel Tax - "Just
say NO!"
-----------------------------------January 2004
Bowling for Bobbie Clark - Response to Bobbie Clark's attack on us white people!
-------------------------------------Ocober 2003
School Board &
Personnel Issues - The watering down of the Superintendents Authority
Donating to Political
Races - Jennings Mayor's Race Contributors
Voting Options - If we can get cash at an ATM, why can't
we vote on the internet?
-------------------------------------September 2003
PJDP Police Jury's Public
Transportation Fiasco - Who are you kidding? Let's give them a raise!
A Republican with the habits of a
Democrat - A look at the Verret for Sheriff campaign.
-------------------------------------August 2003
Judge Miller - Part Man / Part Judge........Part Accountant?
Sex and the City - Lucky "the deuce" DeLouche, Van Comeaux and the Jennings City Police
-------------------------------------July 2003
Who's the victim? - A look at the Miller/Viator scandal
-------------------------------------March 2003
Coalition of the willing - List of Countries supporting US in Iraq War
Final Plea - President Bush's Final Plea to Iraq - (Text of Speech)
Iraq - In the interests of France, Germany, Russia and China
------------------------------------February 2003
Dear Mr. Ex President Clinton - An email I recieved
The
new era of communications...and less people to communicate with!
A few significant
Quotes - A must read!
I disagree with your crappy
opinion. Do you provide space for me to disagree?
Sex Offenders and "The
Scarlet Web" - www.jeffdavisparish.com/scarletweb
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Response from a visitor
about "Firefighters and the Mother Lode"
Tobacco Dollars for the Schools?
Opinions One thing; lies another - A response! (In order to identify a lie you must possess the truth!)
Safegaurding our
Children from Predators
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The Stupid Man's Press - An
old article that I thought I would re-post for my own entertainment
Jennings Firefighters and "the mother lode" added 12/5/02
Article by David Horowitz America's Radical Son - A must read!
Will the real YOU please stand up? - A look at identity theft
Nothing
to do?...Ponder these thoughts!
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Adron Jay Mouton's
South Side Mini Mall - The Geographic Center of Crime in Jennings?
Conspiracy Theory or
Joestradamous? - What if the anthrax scare turns out to be a right wing
extremists?
Fear - America's Secret
Weapon - Are the terrorists using the wrong weapons against America?
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"It's the
Economy Stupid" - A look at the Terrorist attacks on the U.S.
"Stop Scaring
Us!" - A look at a local store owner from Pakistan and the source of
bigotry against him.
"A Letter to the
JDN Editor" - A reply - The Jews, Palestinians and peace.
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