Faimon Roberts

Baton Rouge

Reporter at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Faimon Roberts: The win was the easy part. Now this councilman must navigate tricky politics.

1 week ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Saturday night's special election for the Jefferson Parish Council District 1 seat was a win for Tim Kerner, Jr.Kerner, the 34-year old mayor of Jean Lafitte and scion of a lower Jefferson political dynasty, will move from his municipal job to a powerful seat on the Parish Council, where he will represent a West Bank district that includes Gretna, parts of Marrero, Lafitte and Grand Isle.
Faimon Roberts: These folks' smiles tell us a lot about what America is. Here's why.

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Faimon Roberts

The picture really says it all. In grainy, faded tones, it shows a group of people on what appears to be a school bus. They are Vietnamese refugees, packed in with a stack of boxes behind them, likely containing everything they owned. The picture was taken by a Times-Picayune photographer in December 1975, just months after the communist North Vietnamese army overwhelmed the U.S.-backed counterparts in the south, forcing approximately one million Vietnamese to flee.
Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards is a political novice. But here's why that's a good thing.

1 month ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Three months in, Sid Edwards is still a political rookie. The coach-turned-candidate-turned-mayor-president has gone from leading his Istrouma High football team into the playoffs last fall to running the state's most-populous parish, a job with its share of pitfalls — and political pitbulls — just waiting for him to stumble. They didn't have to wait long.
Faimon Roberts: Don't mess with libraries, and other lessons from a recent Louisiana election

1 month ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Don't mess with libraries. At least, not if you want to win at the polls in Louisiana. That's one of the takeaways from the March 29 election, which most notably saw the stern defeat of four constitutional amendments that were heartily endorsed by Gov. Jeff Landry. There has been plenty of Monday morning quarterbacking about the reasons behind the amendments' flaccid performance before voters who had previously seemed to be largely in lockstep with Landry and his allies on this one.
Faimon Roberts: No, Gov. Jeff Landry, LA isn't 'conditioned for failure.' Listen to the voters.

1 month ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Well, that was something. On Saturday, Louisiana voters batted aside four attempts to amend the state constitution, rejecting a late push from Gov. Jeff Landry, who championed the measures, especially Amendment 2, which would have rewritten significant sections dealing with taxes and revenue.
Faimon Roberts: Could the courts be the answer for bad water? These folks aim to find out.

1 month ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

Monterey is a tiny unincorporated community on the banks of Black River Lake, a sinewy oxbow nestled in Concordia Parish about 25 miles southwest of Natchez. It's in the heart of Louisiana's prime agricultural zone, surrounded by some of the most fertile soil in the state. So unless you really like to farm or bass fish, you probably haven't been to Monterey. And if you like drinking water from the tap, it might be best to stay away. Its obscurity may not last long, however.
Faimon Roberts: The EBR library deal shows how the political process should be. Here's why.

2 months ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

It's rare that a political compromise is a win for all involved. But I think it's fair to say that Tuesday's announcement of a compromise in the battle for library funds in East Baton Rouge Parish is a win for the three main parties involved: East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards, the Library Board of Control and the Metro Council. Before I explain what I mean, here are the deal basics. The Library's dedicated millage will drop to 8.3, 2.8 mills under its current maximum.
Faimon Roberts: Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong's social media posts follow a proven strategy

2 months ago | theadvocate.com | Faimon Roberts

Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong is deploying a familiar playbook. The embattled Democratic mayor of the Washington Parish city has been sidelined since a state district judge appointed a fiscal administrator with broad power over the town's finances a little over a week ago. The appointment came after revelations that the city owed more than $1 million in back-payroll taxes and auditors said its revenue might not be enough to cover its expenses.
Faimon Roberts: Fights between media and government aren't limited to the Beltway or big cities

2 months ago | nola.com | Faimon Roberts

There was a sinking feeling in my stomach when I read the story of the Clarksdale Press Register, a newspaper in northwest Mississippi that had been ordered by a court to take down an online editorial that was critical of local leaders. As a newspaperman, I am dismayed whenever the government steps in to prevent something from being published.
Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards' changes his library proposal. It didn't make it better.

2 months ago | theadvocate.com | Faimon Roberts

Sid Edwards' library proposal keeps morphing. In a news release Tuesday, Edwards rebranded his proposal as "Revive EBR," a plan that would rededicate the library's revenue stream for mental health and community services, drainage and road improvements and blight fixes in addition to raises for police officers. Notably, the news release doesn't even explicitly mention police raises, which were the centerpiece when he first presented the idea earlier this month.

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