For the Safety and Well-being of the Entire Lafourche Parish Population!!!
FACTS:
It is my understanding that the Lafourche Parish Council may reconsider an item on the acceptance of the FEMA elevation advisory maps at tonight’s meeting.
It is my understanding that the Lafourche Parish Council approved a permit for the disposal of Barite and virgin cement in Lafourche Parish. They (Lafourche Parish Council) passed a resolution requesting companies to dispose of their Barite and virgin cement in a permitted site within Lafourche Parish.
It is my understanding that the Lafourche Parish Council passed an ordinance whereby they authorized the use of 4-WAY stop signs to control speeding.
OPINIONS:
It is my opinion, that this Lafourche Parish Council has going out of their way to cater to special interest groups, even if it meant violating laws and going against the safety and well-being of the population of the entire parish.
EXAMPLE:
When the Council voted against the acceptance of the FEMA maps, they may have helped a few developers (special interest) at the probable loss of millions of dollars for the entire parish. In my opinion, the council may want to reconsider and accept the FEMA maps for the entire Parish.
EXAMPLE:
It is understood that NO ONE or NO BODY should be able to allow, permit, or other wise give permission to anyone to violate a law which have been properly legislated. In my opinion, the Parish administration, council, sheriff, and legal adviser may want to examine the Lafourche Parish Code of Ordinances. If an individual would read on pages 6 and 12 of chapter 9 in the code of ordinances, he/she will find that it is “illegal” to dispose of any type of refuge in wet lands in Lafourche Parish. One might assume that the dumping of discarded barite and virgin cement (refuge) into the WATER next to Louisiana Highway One in Dogris, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana may be illegal and subject to fines and/or imprisonment. The USEPA, state DEQ, USCOE, nobody can give permission to violate Lafourche Parish Ordinances.
EXAMPLE:
It is alleged that Phillip Gouaux asked the sheriff office to investigate the legalities on placement of 4-WAY stop signs to control speeding. Here is another example, where the council cater to special interest and chance that the entire parish will loose funding. Lafourche Parish Code of Ordinances, Section 17:22, was adopted pursuant to the authority granted by R.S. 32:41 and 32:42. All such traffic control devices hereafter erected shall conform to the department’s manual or specifications. If any such device hereafter erected by a political subdivision of this state fails to conform to the manual or specifications, payment of any funds allocated to said political subdivision of this state shall be withheld by the department of highways until such time as the standards established by the department are complied with. (L.R.S.32:235B)
It is evident that this council is above all laws. It may be due to lack of enforcement or lack of a will to prosecute.
I will close with the infamous words of Charlotte Randolph as she campaigned for Parish President, “all you have to do is follow the rules”.
