Archive | November, 2013
CH2MHill Withholds Nine Email Strings Despite Judgment Ordering Their Release

CH2MHill Withholds Nine Email Strings Despite Judgment Ordering Their Release

CENTRAL — CH2MHill has withheld a number of emails from the Central City News, despite an order by District Judge Kay Bates. During the discovery process in the case of Community Press, LLC vs CH2MHill, the Central City News learned of the existence of 63 emails responsive to its public records request. Pursuant to the judgment […]

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40 Years After CC/73, Louisiana Constitution Still Shines Brightly, Though Delegates Fade

A little more than 40 years ago, I had the unique opportunity as a young man of 26 to serve as a delegate to CC/73, a state constitutional convention, called by the legislature to rewrite the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, the longest constitution in the world.  The work of the convention lasted for 18 months, […]

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CH2MHill Yielded to Pressure From Watts’ Campaign Manager

CH2MHill Yielded to Pressure From Watts’ Campaign Manager

By Woody Jenkins, Editor CENTRAL — Central Mayor Mac Watts has repeatedly told the news media and the general public that he knew nothing about a political flyer helpful to his March 2010 reelection campaign issued in the name of the City of Central one day before the election. But public records and interviews with […]

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Read Central City News for Nov. 7, 2013

Read Central City News for Nov. 7, 2013

TOP STORIES IN CENTRAL CITY NEWS: • CH2MHill Yielded to Pressure from Watts’ Campaign Manager  • Records Show Mayor’s Political Consultant Confered with CH2MHill on Political Flyer • With Watts’ Campaign Manager and Political Consultant Calling the Shots, CH2MHill’s Marketing Department Worked to Produce a Political Flyer • CH2MHill Withholds Nine Email Strings Despite Judgment […]

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