All nine St. John the Baptist Parish councilmen and the parish president took to the witness stand in Edgard to defend their rezoning decision in the lawsuit brought by Save Our Wetlands. Whether councilmen should have had expert advice about the environmental and...Read more
Author notes how there has been a shift in how many residents view industry; many are opposed to more industry coming in, while politicians are still eager to entice them. William Fontenot, environmental specialist with the State Attorney General's office, is quoted...Read more
Save Our Wetlands filed a lawsuit at St. John the Baptist Parish Courthouse that names three parish groups as defendents in the issue of rezoning 1,800 acres of land in Wallace for a promposed petrochemical complex. These are the following: Lester Millet, the nine parish council members, and the...Read more
Small blurb that notes that Governor Buddy Roemer will return $15,000 in campagin contributions to three Formosa Plastics Corporation group companies to avoid "the perception of a conflict of interest." Though the contributions are legal, environmentalists raised...Read more
On Millet's federal extortion trial's third day, it came out that state District Judge Joel T. Chaisson sought a financial stake in Formosa's proposed rayon plant (wanted to build a concrete and asphalt plant on the batture at Whitney Plantation and expected to...Read more