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ISSUE: Carville comes home (February 01, 2010)

Carville comes home

After managing presidential campaigns around the globe and becoming a national political celebrity, the Ragin’ Cajun is putting down new roots in the place where it all began.

Kevin Pearson
Representative, Louisiana Legislature
This legislator is making quite a name for himself speaking out on issues near and dear to the hearts of those who live on the Northshore. He proposed a unique change to the homestead exemption, spoke vehemently against a gasoline tax hike, urged St. Tammany residents to fight their assessments and took on cable companies over the limited airing of games of Louisiana’s pro sports teams. The entrepreneur started his own company, Slidell-based Wealth Management Group Inc., in 2002 and was elected in 2007.

On the drawing board

Commercial projects on Lafayette’s horizon

The players

A sampling of the region’s movers and shakers

Corridor keeps moving up

As Louisiana Economic Development noted in its “Year in Review” report for 2009, Louisiana has begun a steady climb up the major national business-climate and economic rankings.

Back in style

Something about The Roosevelt hotel defies words. No, scratch that. Almost everything about The Roosevelt hotel defies words.

How We Did It: Don Begneaud

He turned a passion for welding into a multimillion dollar business, Begneaud Manufacturing in Lafayette.

The art is the deal

Elizabeth Noble’s paintings are instantly compelling.

Politics  without the poison

When A-list political pundits and consultants came to New Orleans to hold forth about what’s wrong with politics,  solutions were hard to come by.

Making their mark: Dessert Star

David Guas is emerging as the next face of Louisiana cuisine.

Corridor Cuisine: The po-boys

South Louisianans will slap just about any meat that once moved between two slices of French bread, slather on some mayonnaise, dress it up with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles and chow down.

Blue Ocean

Can the popular business strategy help Louisiana find its next big catch?

Home on the Ranch

Despite enormous success, Lafayette’s River Ranch development stays true to its roots as it nears completion.

Medical center mysteries

Four years after Katrina, a project that promises to be an economic development engine for both metro New Orleans and the entire corridor is more mired in controversy and uncertainty than ever.

Turf wars

Former legislator Ron Gomez still remembers the hue and cry that erupted in the Legislature when he introduced a seemingly insignificant bill that would have changed a single line in the state budget to reflect the correct name of the state-run teaching hospital in his Lafayette district.

Setting our priorities

Louisiana state government is at a crossroads.

Dispatches

News from the companies, cities and people that make the corridor click.

Corner Office

John Donahue III has been named chief executive officer of DonahueFavret Contractors in addition to his role as president. Donahue began his career at DonahueFavret in 1990 as a project manager/estimator, and became president in 2007. Jack Donahue remains chairman of the board of the company.

Executive Brief: Tim Williamson

Co-founder/CEO, The Idea Village
New Orleans

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Viewpoint: Who dat say dey gonna raise dem fees?

If a visit to the Office of Motor Vehicles isn’t taxing enough for the average motorist, LaPolitics columnist John Maginnis writes, starting this week it gets much more expensive.

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