Despite an announcement by his wife last month that he was too ill to continue running for Mayor of Kenner, Louis Congemi never officially withdrew from the race. With early voting starting on Saturday, that means the former Mayor could make the difference in whether the election is decided in the March 27th primary without a run-off. The former mayor faces Phil Capitano and Mike Yenni who are actively campaigning for the seat.
Written on Thursday, 11 March 2010
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Lawmakers had a message for the Jindal administration Wednesday on incentive dollars set aside for economic development projects: Spend them or lose them.
“We’re going to have teachers, health-care workers, health-care recipients who are going to get cut ... It’s going to be very difficult to allow (money) to sit there,” said state Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco.
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