During the contentious council meeting about the proposal to tax the residents to fund the Port litigation, Councilmember Everhardt vowed to go through and make cuts to the budget to avoid taxing the residents. Everhardt took a strong stand against taxing the residents and vowed to cut taxes whenever and wherever possible. When the St….

In our opening salvo “A done deal?” we sought to reassure the public that the LIT facility is not a done deal in St. Bernard. We were inspired to start this site and start with this article because the President and the Council (except Fred Everhardt) were trying to get everyone to give up. And…

Two weeks ago in an article titled “Nothing suspicious going on here” we reported on a suspicious resolution on the February 18, 2025 HRQLC agenda to extend the time period for complying with the Buy and Build Program by two years. Let’s look at that resolution again.

One of the many questions that our readers had about the sales tax proposal was: The Council recently formed its own Legal Department consisting of Justin Stephens and gave him a 55% raise to handle the additional work load. Is the Parish Attorney tasked with handling the Port litigation?

Councilman Everhardt, a vocal of opponent of the tax proposal, was joined by Parish President Pomes and Councilmember Randall in defeating the tax proposal.