Central City News

Here are comments from candidates for Mayor, Police Chief, and City Council in Central’s April 5 municipal elections. These answers are taken from questionnaires the candidates filled out from the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish.  Some candidates chose not to answer questions submitted by the party.  The grid above shows the candidates’ answers […]

Councilman Wayne Messina said Wednesday the Central City Council made a wise decision to delay spending $115,000 on a flood insurance study at last week’s meeting. Councilman Aaron Moak, who proposed the spending, said it was urgently needed. But Councilmen Messina, Tony LoBue, and Ralph Washington voted 3-1 to delay the spending, pending the passage of […]

Early voting in Central’s April 5 election will be held from Saturday, March 22 to Saturday, March 29 at 222 St. Louis St., 10500 Coursey Blvd., 3851 Essen Lane, and 2250 Main in Baker from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m  

Voters throughout East Baton Rouge Parish will consider whether to give approval to two property tax renewals for parks and recreation on Saturday, April 5. BREC proposes renewing a 4.1-mill tax, which will impose $150 million in taxes over 10 years and 2.1 mills, which will impose $77.4 million in taxes over 10 years, for […]

Despite facing an opponent who has launched one personal attack after another, Mayoral candidate Jr. Shelton has taken the high ground and refused to respond in kind. Instead, Shelton has stayed “on message” and stressed his plans for economic development in Central.He says he wants “to build a modern city, deeply rooted in our Christian values, […]

Despite strict rules that the questions asked the candidates for Mayor of Central at the March 6 televised debate be kept confidential, mayoral candidate Dave Freneaux not only knew in advance some of the questions that would be asked but actually wrote those questions himself. The fact that Freneaux wrote some of the questions has […]

READ CENTRAL CITY NEWS FOR MARCH 2014. TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS: • GOP Backs Jr. Shelton for Mayor: Candidate Described as Man of Character with Positive Plan • James Salsbury Endorsed for Chief of Police • Republican Party Backs Six Candidates for City Council — Shane Evans, Dr. Kim Fralick, Wayne Messina, Harry Rauls, John Vance, […]

Louisiana Strong, the conservative action group formed as a counter balance to leftist groups such as Together Baton Rouge, will hold a workshop on how to lobby your legislators this Saturday, March 8. The main speaker will be Scott McKay, publisher of TheHayride.com, who is also known as the poet laureate of politics. Other speakers […]

Can you or an organization you represent save the Old Central Girls Gym?  It may cost several hundred thousand dollars. The Central Community School System is currently advertising for the demolition of several buildings on the old Central Middle School site. One of the buildings is the Old Girls Gym.  Before the school board considers […]

The effort last week to target Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington and have him removed from the April 5 election ballot is something many in Central are still contemplating. Why was he targeted for supposedly failing to pay a questionable $100 fine from the Board of Ethics for late filing of a campaign finance report […]