Plaqumenines Parish Council May Ignore Recommendation

The Times-Picayune reports that the Plaquemines Parish Council may call an October 4 election to move the parish seat to Port Sulphur, which is contrary to a recommendation made by the courthouse committee. The committee, created by the Legislature and comprised of elected officials from throughout the parish, recommended building the new courthouse in Cedar Grove. The committee is not impressed by the council's consideration of Port Sulphur:

"I think it is a total disregard for the wishes of the courthouse committee," state District Judge William Roe said. "This is a lazy, cheap, underhanded substitution for real economic development . . . and it's a poor way to represent their constituents. The utilization of the Freeport administrative building for parish offices has done nothing to revitalize Port Sulphur, and the only excuse for putting the courthouse in Port Sulphur is economic development for a dying community."

Posted by AJR at May 13, 2003 07:23 AM