Louisiana voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new Congressman in the newly drawn sixth district, which cuts a diagonal line through the state from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. It’s the state’s second majority-Black district. All five candidates for the seat are Black, including Democrats Quentin Anderson, Wilken Jones, Peter Williams and State Senator Cleo Fields and Republican Elbert Guillory. Anderson says one of his priorities is addressing crime that’s rampant in the two major cities in the district, saying that it goes beyond policing.
Cut 6 (10) “…nothing to lose.”
Guillory says he will work to keep American dollars in America and to cut down on foreign spending.
Cut 8 (15) “…food and medicine.”
Fields says one of his priorities is to increase the minimum wage.
The Saints have fired head coach Dennis Allen as the team is mired in a seven-game losing streak. Special Teams Coordinator Darren Rizzi has been named interim head coach and Host of the Locked-On Saints Podcast Ross Jackson says that’s the right move…
Cut 10 (12) “…. your young players”
A tropical system that developed south of Jamaica is now Tropical storm Rafael and is moving northwest towards the Gulf of Mexico. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the National Hurricane Center’s official forecast has the storm approaching the Louisiana coast by the end of the week….
Cut 13 (06) “…intensity”
Too early to say what kind of impact Louisiana will see.