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Police Juror Ron Darby says his district is not clean.

Vermilion Parish Police Jury argues over new parish trash pickup

Wed, 08/08/2018 - 8:39am

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury committee meeting got heated when a police juror argued that the new trash pickup system is not doing his district any good.
Abbeville Police Juror Ronald Darby argued that he wants the police jury to go back to the old way of picking up trash along the side of the road. The old way had trucks in his district every two weeks.
The new system has trucks in his district every three weeks.

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Richard Leblanc

Kaplan mourns loss of councilman

Sun, 08/05/2018 - 1:15pm

The City of Kaplan is mourning the loss of one of their City Councilmen, Richard LeBlanc, 71.
He passed away Thursday, August 2, after a brief illness.
LeBlanc, served as the District C Kaplan City Councilman. He had been sworn in last month, July 1, to begin serving his second term.
He served his first term under former Mayor Kirk Champagne, then served under the current mayor, Mike Kloesel, for one month.

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Richard LeBlanc

Kaplan Councilman passes away

Sat, 08/04/2018 - 11:59am

KAPLAN — The City of Kaplan is mourning the loss of one of their City Councilmen, Richard LeBlanc, 71.
He passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, after a brief illness.
LeBlanc served as the District C Kaplan City Councilman. He had been sworn in last month, July 1, to begin serving his second term.
He served his first term under former Mayor Kirk Champagne, then served under the current mayor, Mike Kloesel, for a month.
LeBlanc was the owner of Walk on Me Carpet for 21 years and has been in the flooring business for 45 years.

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Rep. Bob Hensgens

Rep. Bob Hensgens announces candidacy for Louisiana State Senate

Thu, 08/02/2018 - 9:18am

BATON ROUGE — Today, Louisiana State Rep. Bob Hensgens, District 47, announced his candidacy for the District 26 seat of the Louisiana State Senate.
A conservative Republican, Hensgens is a strong advocate for fiscal responsibility, and he has demonstrated this during his time serving as a state legislator and previously as mayor of Gueydan.
Earlier this year, Hensgens authored a Constitutional amendment specifically addressing the need for spending restrictions, because he believes Louisiana’s government should not outgrow the state’s economy.

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