Editorial

Leaders divided on industrial tax break

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More than two years have passed since Gov. John Bel Edwards rewrote the rules governing a decades-old industrial tax break, and business community furor seems to have reached a fever

Evelyn ‘Pal’ Johnson

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Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn “Pal” Johnson, 88, of Jennings will be held today, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in First Pentecostal Church of Jennings at 10 a.m., with Rev. James

Communication key to progress

Now that voters in the Welsh-Roanoke school district are not faced with a March tax vote, it seems most people are ready to move forward as a whole to determine schools’ greatest needs and how to meet them.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reader responds to column

Dear Editor,

I’d like to commend Sheila Smith on her excellent, thoughtful, insightful article, “Legality is not a guide to morality,” on Jan. 27, pointing at what pro-life should truly mean.

As she states, pro-life should mean you support all life, not just the unborn, the aborted or Americans only. All life is precious and all people are God’s children (Yes, even immigrants, refugees, gays, transponders and those of other religions. ethnicities or political affiliations.”

Through a glass, darkly

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I’M JUST SAYIN’

It was after I had cleaned my glasses for the fourth time in my work day that I realized the problem was not the cleanliness of the lenses. The problem is my eyes.

I’ve always had great vision. A few years ago my optometrist did prescribe readers for me to use at work. I noticed as my day spent staring at a computer would reach the afternoon hours, I would develop a headache. The doctor gave some fancy explanation about my eye muscles getting tired as the day went on or something. Anyway, I got glasses and the problem was solved.

The best Super Bowl ad ever

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VILLAGE IDIOT

You won’t see the best Super Bowl ad because CBS refuses to run it. It’s a commercial for medical marijuana from a cannabis company called Acreage Holdings. No doubt we will see an ad like this, somewhere, in the near future.

It should make you wonder how marijuana got so popular without advertising, because beer and potato chips seem to have to advertise all the time or their sales would drop.

“Oh,” you might say, “that’s because marijuana is addictive, and beer isn’t.”

Naomi and me

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It is summertime somewhere. At the moment, it is Australia. And that is where Naomi is challenging for the Australian Tennis Open Championship and the number-one ranking for the WTA. It is 2:30 a.m. and I am on the edge of my recliner. I find myself holding my breath at times. First set 7-6 Osaka.

Focus on heart health

Everyone has a heart, which means everyone has a vital organ that needs a little TLC. Heart health is becoming a hotter topic each year as the health of America’s

Make performance matter

How do you put a dollar value on the worth of a public official? How about this idea. Shouldn’t receiving any salary increase be based on results? LSU football coach

The rise of disrupters head

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Howard Schultz, the former head of Starbucks, and Larry Hogan, the governor of Maryland, could seriously disrupt the political landscape if they decide to run for president next year. And