A report finds that Louisiana leads the nation for TV political campaign advertising. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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In the final televised debate before the October 24th primary, Republican Scott Angelle took a hard shot at GOP candidate David Vitter’s past prostitution scandal. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The Shreveport Police Department says a man who was waving his knife at people and then at an officer was shot by the cop. Corporal Breck Scott says they got a call around 8 this morning about an armed man near the Eldorado Casino…:
Scott says they are unsure why the man appeared to be threatening random people with a knife. He says the officer advised the suspect repeatedly to drop the knife…:
Scott says the unidentified suspect is currently in critical condition…:
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According to analysis from the Center for Public Integrity, Louisiana leads the country in political TV advertising this year at 15.8 million dollars. Jeremy Alford, with lapolitics.com, says he’s a seen a report that if you include radio and TV, nearly 16-million dollars has spent in the governor’s race alone. Alford says the ads have been effective, especially for Republican Scott Angelle…
Alford says Republican David Vitter and a Super PAC supporting him has also spent a lot of money, much of targeted at the other two republican candidates in the race…
Alford says the political money being spent is good for media outlets, but he says many of the ads are negative, which will keep undecided voters from going to the polls on election day…
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The Office of Motor Vehicles has extended its hours until 8 p.m. to answer all calls regarding the letters drivers are receiving for not paying fines for expired auto insurance. State Police spokesperson Lt. J.B. Slaton says they want to help the public and want to work with everyone to get these outstanding fines straight.
The Office of Motor Vehicles has sent out 1.2 million letters and the fines for lapsed insurance could be as high as $525. There are reports of people who received these letters that they have information to dispute the claims of expired auto insurance. Slaton says they are willing to work with the public.
Slaton warns callers that there may be a wait, but stay patient or try calling back. The OMV is taking calls from 8 AM to 8 PM and that’s even on the weekends, until the call volume drops. He says if you received a letter, the number to the O-M-V is on the bottom.
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In the final televised debate before the October 24th primary, Republican Scott Angelle took a hard shot at GOP candidate David Vitter’s past prostitution scandal. Angelle directed the live television audience to visit a political blog that has an interview with Wendy Ellis, a prostitute who claims Vitter was a client of hers in the late 1990s..:
The New Orleans based site is “the-american-zombie-dot-com.” Angelle said Vitter’s past would cast a shadow over Louisiana and potentially hurt the ability to attract new businesses and grow the economy…:
A spokesperson for the Vitter campaign says this blog has proven to post untrue articles and adds that desperate candidates like Angelle say desperate things. Scott McKay, is the publisher of the political blog The Hayride. He says American Zombie is known for picking up controversial stories, which may or may not be true, that traditional media isn’t interested in publishing…:
McKay says American Zombie is the same site that ran the “double dipping” story in the Congressional races last year which claimed Senator Bill Cassidy was lying on his time sheets at LSU. He doesn’t think it’s an effective tactic to direct people to a website with questionable credibility that most people have never heard of…:
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