Lafourche Parish DA and Sheriff Doing Their Job?
FACTS:
According to an article in the Daily Comet (Sept.9, 2006), the Director of the Lafourche Parish Department of Public Works will not have to go to trial to prove his guilt or innocence. In the same article, the Sheriff decided not to accept charges filed by George Randolph against Councilman Daniel Lorraine.
In another article written in the Daily Comet (Sept. 9,2006) , the Lafourche Parish Sheriff arrested two people on drug charges.
OPINIONS:
I don’t know if Ray Cheramie was guilty or not. I don’t know whether the Lafourche Parish District Attorney did the right thing with the pre-trial intervention in this matter, but it appears that he might have taken his head out of the sand on this one. Be proud of your District Attorney, Lafourche.
I don’t know whether George Randolph was telling the truth or not, but the Sheriff finally took a stand. If you don’t take a stand, you stand for nothing.
“Two Arrested on Drug Charges” is another example of the Sheriff doing his job. I wonder how hard the Sheriff had to work to make these arrests. Were they first time offenders? The first person arrested was arrested 26 times and the second person was arrested 15 times. The public has a question. Did you ever arrest the people who allegedly threatened Brent Callais during the 2003 political campaign? It is alleged, at tax payers expense, you (Sheriff) provided a bullet proof vest and body guards to Brent Callais. Why didn’t the Sheriff believe George Randolph, but believed Brent Callais? Why aren’t the people involved in the alleged campaign HOAX arrested?
In my opinion, both articles are nothing but attempted damage control. With all of the alleged corruption in Lafourche Parish, it has the appearance that the Sheriff and DA have their heads in the sand. At the rate our coast is eroding, they better get their heads out of the sand before they drown. The public really don’t want to loose their best and brightest.
We are fortunate in Lafourche Parish, looking at the arrests made, it appears that connected people and the wealthy or affluent do not violate any laws. (DWI, drugs, theft, etc.) It appears that only your everyday working people are arrested (The choosing ones? Sacrificial lambs?).
Stay in touch, read the news papers and listen to KLRZ, then decide where the truth is.
