In All Due Respect Mr. D.A., Prove Your Point
FACTS:
“If it ain’t in the charter, we ain’t doing it.” This was a statement made by the Lafourche Parish District Attorney Cam Morvant, to the Lafourche Parish Council on June 27,2006, according to an article by Alces P. Adams, in the July 2, 2006 edition of the Lafourche Gazette.
OPINIONS:
In my opinion, some of the citizens of Lafourche Parish would like the D.A. to address the Lafourche Parish council publicly and point out where the alleged following activities are located in the Charter:
1.What section of the charter allows the parish president’s husband (private citizen) to drive a parish vehicle?
2.What section of the charter allows the Lafourche Parish Council to pay thousands of dollars in damages caused by a private individual wrecking a public vehicle while driving the parish vehicle?
3.What section of the charter allows the Parish President to use a parish issued credit card to pay for meals, drinks, and airline tickets for her family members?
4.What section of the charter allows the Lafourche Parish Council and a parish board to pay for the installation of an undersized water line, in violation of parish ordinances?
5.What section of the charter allows Councilmen like Brent Callais to attend a parish board meeting and request an expenditure by the board with a commitment of funds from the Lafourche Parish Council?
6.What section of the charter allows any parish elected official or parish employee loan out any public property?
7.What section of the charter allows the Parish President to enter into a 5 million dollar contract without prior council approval?
We are issuing you a challenge Mr. D.A., prove it(if it ain’t in the charter, we ain’t doing it).
As my good friend, the D.A. addressed the council, he requested a list of boards and board members. Is providing a list to the D.A., a legislative function or an administrative function? Where can we find this in the charter?
In my opinion, if the D.A. is correct when he said that a councilman cannot speak to an engineer or contractor on the sidewalk (about an on-going project) according to the charter, then the charter is apparently unconstitutional and should have been checked out by the D.A. before going out to the public for approval.
visit with us tomorrow while we examine the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s office 2006 Mid-Term Report, AKA “The Brag Rag”.
