Parish-Wide Drainage Servitudes, 1-1-06 to 5-6-06
TPRTK has been provided the following study of Parish-wide drainage servitudes approved by the Parish Council between January 1 and May 6, 2006. The information was obtained from Council agendas for that period. Following is a breakdown of the Districts which got the work:

Phillip Gouaux - 14
Lindell Toups - 11
Brent Callais - 4
Tommy Lassaigne - 1
Mark Atzenhoffer - 1
Daniel Lorraine - 1
Tyrone Williams - 0
Mike Delatte - 0
Mike Matherne - 0

TOTAL - 32

On July 15, a proposition will be on the ballot for the renewal of a Parish-wide drainage tax of 3.4 mils. Is it fair to expect the voters of Lafourche Parish to renew this tax when it appears that an overwhelming amount of the work is done in only two districts? Sounds like the answer for those Districts is to form their own drainage district and tax themselves for their drainage needs.

President Randolph and DPW chief Cheramie live in Councilman Gouaux's District. With what you know about the self-serving history of these two people, how can you be surprised that the District they live in is the one getting 44% of the drainage work? How many cows are these drainage projects serving?

Why doesn't the Council propose a coastal restoration tax? Certainly the rest of the Parish would be willing to support such a proposition.;)