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Wed
23
Mar

The Eye of the Tiger

By Stephen Waguespack

This weekend started off as a rainy one. The gloomy weather, along with my need for some down time to recover from an illness, left our family largely homebound for a few days. I came across “Rocky IV” while channel surfing, and instantly knew it was time for my three young boys to learn some important lessons about hard work, toughness and unwavering patriotism from the “Italian Stallion” himself.
 
Wed
16
Mar

DIGGIN’ IN DESOTO

By John Blanchard

Wed
16
Mar

The Eyes of the Entrepreneur

By Stephen Waguespack

 

Wed
09
Mar

DIGGIN’ IN DESOTO

By John Blanchard

Wed
09
Mar

Thank you businesses of all sizes

By Stephen Waguespack

A message to the Louisiana employers out there: Thank you for what you do to make this state great. Much has been discussed over the last two months about the legislative session and its crusade to raise taxes. We at LABI, along with countless others in the business community, have aggressively explained the consequences to Louisiana’s economy that can result should this be done in a cavalier way.
 
Wed
02
Mar

DIGGIN’ IN DESOTO

By John Blanchard

 

The DeSoto Regional Health System is owned by the association, made up of citizens of the parish who meet annually for the detailed report to hear what is going on in their hospital. It is governed by a board of nine persons who, along with a CEO, serve without remuneration (not CEO). Too, the staff of physicians, are employees of the hospital.
 
Wed
02
Mar

The Details Matter

By Stephen Waguespack

 

The devil is always in the details. The state government deficit is big and the Legislature is in a special session called by the governor to review his plan for solving the problem. His plan is largely dependent on new taxes and the argument being made by his administration (with a few exceptions) is that spending cuts and large-scale structural budget reforms are either not feasible or require too much time to implement.
 
Wed
24
Feb

The Speech Not Given

By Stephen Waguespack 

Last week was a noteworthy week. For likely the first time in our state’s history, the Governor delivered a state of the state address to the people of Louisiana to discuss the government’s budget shortfall. Immediately thereafter, the state treasurer responded to those comments and offered different ideas on how best to address this challenge.

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Wed
24
Feb

DIGGIN’ IN DESOTO

By John Blanchard 

Brother Marion Ernest Blanchard, two years our senior and a lesson in contrast. A superb athlete who was All State in his junior year, a fellow who pitched and batted cleanup. In that day in basketball, in Louisiana, there were no classes such a 1-A, 4-A and all of we boys in North Louisiana as champs played the south Louisiana top teams.

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Wed
17
Feb

The Mardi Gras Lesson

By Stephen Waguespack 

In Louisiana, we sure do know how to stretch out a good time. While the rest of the country typically gets back to work shortly after the New Year, we Louisianans have a knack for drawing that holiday spirit out a little bit longer than most.

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