DA of Lafourche Parish Stated “The Council Five Was Right”
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This wasn’t the case during the 2000-2004 council. As with previous Councils, the 2000-2004 council had a right to call a special meeting and conduct Parish business before their term expired six days later. I sincerely believe that they (2000-2005 Lafourche Parish Council) were denied this right by the judicial system in Lafourche Parish and the State of Louisiana.
If you are an attorney, and you are representing a client, you have a right and obligation to advise your client. Do you have a legal right to file an injuction against your client by secretly representing another party? I sincerely believe that DA Cam Morvant failed in his duty as an attorney by not advising his client (2000-2004 council). Not only did he not advise his client, but filed an injunction which interfered with the council conducting important government business.
OPINIONS: The Lafourche Parish District Attorney, Cam Morvant, held a meeting at 5:30 PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to advise elected officials and public employees of the state ethics laws and Parish Charter. The interesting part of the meeting was when the DA (according to sources who were present at the meeting) stated for the first time in public, that the “THE COUNCIL FIVE WERE RIGHT”. During the 2000-2004 council, the Parish President filed litigation against the council. The council voted 5 to 4 against siding with the Parish President and the five were victorious over the Parish President in litigation. The ruling was made public in December of 2003. The five called for a special meeting before their term was due to expire in January of 2004.Keep in mind that the Lafourche Parish District Attorney is mandated by law to be legal advisor to The Lafourche Parish Governing Authority. Why did Lafourche Parish DA, Cam Morvant go against his legal client?
In my opinion, interested readers should look at the special meeting agenda. Because of the ruling that “THE COUNCIL FIVE WERE RIGHT”, the five placed on the agenda, that investigations and litigation must take place so the tax payers of Lafourche Parish could re-coupe millions of dollars which was wrongly spent. Investigations and litigation would have been held on the parish administration, some Thibodaux hospital board members, financial institutions, engineers, and contractors. In my opinion, my first opinion was validated when my good friend DA Cam Morvant convinced the new 2004-2008 council to drop all litigation aimed at re-couping tax payers money. Sounds familiar? Observe what is happening today.
We all heard the story of the water lines breaking at the jail and the smell of burnt electrical wires at the sheriff’s office in Cut Off. For the first time in four years (according to some council members) Parish President Charlotte Randolph personally contacted individual council members to share the story. She even called political enemy, Councilman Daniel Lorraine. In my opinion, my good friend DA Cam Morvant is up to his under-handed tricks again. In my opinion, Charlotte is trying to be-friend all council members so she can keep her alleged unqualified department heads and have the new council drop all investigations. It worked before and they believe it will work again.
Butch Naquin lost his re-election for DA to Cam because he would not prosecute the “THE COUNCIL FIVE”. What the public failed to see ,was that the “THE COUNCIL FIVE” did not violate any laws. The public wants Cam to prosecute public officials. Will he? He can. 2008 is his re-election year. “THE COUNCIL FIVE” WERE RIGHT” and so was “BUTCH” (a 5-4 vote is not illegal).
All comments are welcome. Check the public records not the media reports.
didn’t Butch “pass” on advising the council on all of this. I think you are giving him too much credit. The attorneys the five hired should be given the high five for a job well done. Had Butch done his job, court proceedings would have never happened. While I applaud Cam coming in like a Bulldog and trying to be the legal adviser, he has failed miserably by not following though. He has not prosecuted one government officials yet. He is protecting the parish president at all cost. Cam has turned into another failure for lafourche parish voters.
Butch was not right. He did nothing. The five made a great choice in the law firm they choose. Had Butch done his job, none of the court stuff would have even happened.