Lawyers for Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson and his estranged heirs have agreed to mediation over Benson’s lawsuit to remove them as future owners of the teams. Eric Gill reports…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate David Vitter’s latest campaign commercial features “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson backing the senator in the governor’s election. Eric Gill reports…
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Lawyers for Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson and his estranged heirs have agreed to mediation over Benson’s lawsuit to remove them as future owners of the teams. Legal analyst Tim Meche believes this is a sign that Judge Jane Triche Milazzo indicated to Benson’s lawyers that they would not win the case during trial…
He says everyone who has studied this case predicted this day would come. Benson’s lawsuit seeks to take back stock in the team from his heirs and force them out as non-voting owners of the teams. Meche says it’s normal for a judge to order mediation in a case like this…
He says, at the end of the day, both parties are going to have to sit together and come to some understanding. Meche says the big question here is what the heirs will hold out for…
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In the 2015 University of New Orleans Louisiana Gubernatorial Runoff survey, polls show Republican Bill Nungesser in a 10 point lead over Democrat Kip Holden in the Lt. Governor’s race. Ed Chervenak, director of the UNO Survey Research Center, says, unlike the governor’s race, the Lt. Governor’s election is running on race and partisanship..:
The poll of 600 likely voters was conducted between November 2nd-8th. It also showed that two-thirds of people feel Louisiana is headed in the wrong direction and Governor Jindal with a 70 percent disapproval rating. Chervenak believes the Governor and now Republican Presidential candidate is having a major impact on the upcoming runoff…:
CUT 7 (08) “would be in trouble”
This was the same poll that found Democrat John Bel Edwards with a 22 point lead over Republican David Vitter. Chervenak says there’s a major split in the Republican party as nearly half of people who voted for the other two GOP candidates in the primary, Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, said they will vote for Edwards in the runoff…:
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It looks like Republican gubernatorial candidate David Vitter is bringing some star power to his campaign. His latest campaign commercial features “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson backing the senator in the governor’s election. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley feels Robertson’s endorsement of Vitter is pretty inconsequential…
The commercial continues Vitter’s theme of redemption from his prostitution scandal with Robertson stating, “I know he’s made some mistakes, but who hasn’t?” Stockley says “Duck Dynasty” fans and Vitter supporters are cut from the same conservative cloth and this endorsement won’t move the needle much for Vitter…
cut 10 (09) “and independents”
Vitter’s last two TV spots have dealt with his prostitution scandal. Stockley believes the Vitter campaign has a lot more than this to deal with before election day…
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A three hour standoff between authorities and an armed man on a boat in Larose ended early this afternoon. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Brennan Matherne says police responded to a call by a boat owner alerting them that an armed man, who didn’t have permission, was aboard a boat docked along the Intracoastal Canal.
Matherne says negotiators continued to talk to Boudreaux until he shot one round into the air from the boat. He says after the shot, the tactical team moved in as Boudreaux began to flee on foot from his position on the boat.
Matherne says the suspect was not armed when he entered the vessel, the weapon was already on the boat. He says Boudreaux had no connection to the boat and it is likely he could become a suspect of a burglary because some of the items on board are missing.
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