RAY EXONERATED!?!?
Will Ray Cheramie gloat for long?
An article appears in today's Comet wherein Ray Cheramie discloses the Ethics Commission cleared him of two complaints.
The article states that in one of the instances "the board found that the request to clean the ditch came after Cheramie’s neighbor 'could not get an Entergy connect for a sewer plant until the ditch was cleaned.' " O.K. fair enough. But, that is the use of public equipment on private property for a private purpose, Ray! PUBLIC EQUIPMENT MUST BE USED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, benefitting lots of the Public, not just one neighbor. They have, or are, prosecuting a bunch in Quachita Parish for the same kind of stuff. You would be charged with malfeasance and/or unauthorized use of a moveable in the 63 other Parishes.
By the way, who was the neighbor? I seem to recall Ray being quoted in another Comet article that the neighbor was his daughter.
("Cheramie admits the work was performed on his property at his instruction but denies that his actions were out of order. The work was necessary, he said, to promote proper drainage for his and six other homes that front the canal, all of which, it so happens, belong to immediate relatives, including his daughter." Daily Comet, August 02. 2006)
Yo, Ray, is that the same property? Did the Ethics folks know this information that may well have changed the outcome of their opinion?
In the other instance it was apparently alleged that Ray had dug outfall canals on property he grazes cattle but does not own. The article states that it "related to the cleaning of a ditch to drain land where it was alleged Cheramie grazed cattle." But that "the board found “no evidence” that cattle owned by Cheramie grazed on the land." Anybody has and can get pictures of Ray's cattle grazing and give me a general description of the location of the property?
The article concludes with Sheriff Craig Weber confirming what I had told the Comet when interviewed for the story - "There may be other infractions of laws that are not ethics laws". Oh Oh, sounds ominous, Ray, at least, in 63 other Parishes.
Oh yeah, and something that I said that the Comet didn't see fit to print - the Ethics Commission reconsiders their opinions if new facts are brought to their attention.
Any of y'all who want to step to the plate, the Ethics Commission contact information can be found by clicking on that link to the right - the one what says "Louisiana Board of Ethics".
Will Ray Cheramie gloat for long?
An article appears in today's Comet wherein Ray Cheramie discloses the Ethics Commission cleared him of two complaints.
The article states that in one of the instances "the board found that the request to clean the ditch came after Cheramie’s neighbor 'could not get an Entergy connect for a sewer plant until the ditch was cleaned.' " O.K. fair enough. But, that is the use of public equipment on private property for a private purpose, Ray! PUBLIC EQUIPMENT MUST BE USED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, benefitting lots of the Public, not just one neighbor. They have, or are, prosecuting a bunch in Quachita Parish for the same kind of stuff. You would be charged with malfeasance and/or unauthorized use of a moveable in the 63 other Parishes.
By the way, who was the neighbor? I seem to recall Ray being quoted in another Comet article that the neighbor was his daughter.
("Cheramie admits the work was performed on his property at his instruction but denies that his actions were out of order. The work was necessary, he said, to promote proper drainage for his and six other homes that front the canal, all of which, it so happens, belong to immediate relatives, including his daughter." Daily Comet, August 02. 2006)
Yo, Ray, is that the same property? Did the Ethics folks know this information that may well have changed the outcome of their opinion?
In the other instance it was apparently alleged that Ray had dug outfall canals on property he grazes cattle but does not own. The article states that it "related to the cleaning of a ditch to drain land where it was alleged Cheramie grazed cattle." But that "the board found “no evidence” that cattle owned by Cheramie grazed on the land." Anybody has and can get pictures of Ray's cattle grazing and give me a general description of the location of the property?
The article concludes with Sheriff Craig Weber confirming what I had told the Comet when interviewed for the story - "There may be other infractions of laws that are not ethics laws". Oh Oh, sounds ominous, Ray, at least, in 63 other Parishes.
Oh yeah, and something that I said that the Comet didn't see fit to print - the Ethics Commission reconsiders their opinions if new facts are brought to their attention.
Any of y'all who want to step to the plate, the Ethics Commission contact information can be found by clicking on that link to the right - the one what says "Louisiana Board of Ethics".
posted by Carl A. Chauvin at 5:24 PM
1 Comments:
I am a parish employee. My neighbor was telling me after all that rain that he almost flooded. I wonder if I get on one of those machines and drove it to my home if they would think the same about me?
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