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2009 

The following is a line from an email I received today from Senator David Vitter R- Louisiana concerning the automatic pay raises for our elected government.  Wouldn't we all like to vote on an automatic pay raise for each and every one of us? The U.S. Senate has finally passed a bill to end auto...
03/31/2009
Monday April 6, Kevin Pearson, the representative of District 76 in the Slidell Louisiana area will be conducting a town hall meeting at the Slidell Municipal Auditorium.  The time is from 6-8 p.m.  He is promoting his bill elevating. not raising the homestead exemption in Louisiana.  Under this ...
03/26/2009
Recently I took some clients to view a home they were interested in buying.  The home was built in the mid 1970's.  In many parts of St. Tammany Parish there were no building codes at that time.  I remember my father and grandfather building a camp by themselves.  There were no such thing as insp...
03/26/2009
This weekend St. Bernard Parish will hold it's annual crawfish festival.  Starting today March 26-29.  The only time the festival was not held was in 2006 after hurricane Katrina devastated the entire parish.  They expect over a hundred thousand people this weekend.  If you love crawfish don't mi...
03/26/2009
Spring fishing in lake Pontchartrain in Slidell Louisiana is now in full swing.  My dad and I caught these today trolling the trestles.  This trout run will last until early June.  We were using the B-2 squid hot pink and chartreuse green.  The pink one was the lure of choice.  Anyone can access ...
03/17/2009
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United States Senator David Vitter R-Louisiana will be holding a town hall meeting this coming Friday, March 20 at the Mandeville City Hall from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Topics will include our economy, healthcare and other important items of interest to our nation and Louisiana.  I believe our country is...
03/16/2009
It's springtime for sure.  The bottlebrush trees are in full bloom.  My azaleas are bright and pink along with my Amarillo's and numerous other plants I forget or never knew the name. It's been a long bitter cold winter this year.  Especially for the Midwest and the Northeast.  More so than usual...
03/13/2009
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03/13/2009
I received a certified letter from my insurance agent last week informing me that I didn't have any liability insurance on my rental property.  How could this be?  I have had this policy for two years.  I know I had it the first year but not now?  I admit I didn't read the policy very well upon r...
03/08/2009
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