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Monday, May 9, 2016

One for the ages

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
Months ago when Donald Trump came down those golden escalators at his famous Trump Tower In New York City to announce he was running for president, I snickered. There’s no way the billionaire and reality television star can win the Republican nomination, I thought, with so many creditable and political savvy candidates vying for the political plum.
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Monday, April 25, 2016

WHINERS

Sanders and the LAGOP top the list

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
First, there is Bernie Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, even though on his U.S. Senate Web site he brags about being the longest-serving Independent in Congress after serving 16 years in the House and is in his second term in the Senate.
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Monday, March 28, 2016

APRIL 9 ELECTION

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
Believe it or not, voters in Caddo and Bossier parishes face another election day April 9. It is one of those elections which often draws the ire of government watchers who believe tax propositions should be placed on the ballot when a larger turnout of voters is expected.
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Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015

HEADS UP VOTERS!

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
Caddo District Attorney is an important and powerful position in the parish. It is officially a special election created by the unexpected death of District Attorney Charles Rex Scott in April. Scott was elected to a second six-year term last fall, so the winner of the election will fill out the remainder of Scott’s term, which runs through 2020.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

Religion has been used for good and evil

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
All hell (no pun intended) is breaking loose over a “religious freedom” bill, which has been introduced in the Louisiana Legislature by Bossier Republican state Rep. Mike Johnson.
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Monday, March 16, 2015

WHAT’S UP, GOP?

Are Republicans putting party ahead of country?

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
It’s hard – at least for me – after being involved in politics for nearly five decades to understand just what the Republican Party stands for these days and what its goal really is.
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Season Begins

Big decisions ahead for those who vote

By Lou Gehrig Burnett
The 2015 election season is beginning to move into high gear. And it promises to be a pretty interesting year of Louisiana politics. Electing a new governor, which many residents are looking forward to after eight years of Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, is at the top of the list.

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