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Blogging is a new "feature" of the internet. It allows an easier way to update web pages and gives a "log" type setup with some automatic features. This is the second Blog I've created, the first can be seen here. Archives 10 February 2002 07 April 2002 03 August 2003 17 August 2003 28 September 2003 05 October 2003 12 October 2003 19 October 2003 02 November 2003 09 November 2003 16 November 2003 30 November 2003 18 January 2004 08 February 2004 15 February 2004 29 February 2004 07 March 2004 21 March 2004 28 March 2004 04 April 2004 11 April 2004 18 April 2004 25 April 2004 20 June 2004 11 July 2004 16 January 2005 06 February 2005 06 March 2005 13 March 2005 20 March 2005 03 April 2005 10 April 2005 17 April 2005 01 May 2005 19 June 2005 10 July 2005 24 July 2005 31 July 2005 11 September 2005 18 September 2005 25 September 2005	2004/06/20 Catching Up It's been a while since my last post and there's quite a bit to catch up on. For starters, if you haven't seen it in the Times-Picayune, the St. Bernard Voice, or the St. Bernard News, I've been selected as a charter member of Senator Walter Boasso's Senate Advisory Committee for St. Bernard Parish. Senator Boasso has decided to form an Advisory Committee in St. Bernard, Plaquemines, and St. Tammany parish to help him stay abreast of the issues that concern his constituents and their opinions of those issues. The St. Bernard Committee has 18 members who represent a diverse mix of the population within St. Bernard. No member of the committee knows and understands all the issues the concern St. Bernard, but the hope is that there are several people on the committee that are knowledgeable about any subject that should come up and will be able to inform the rest of the Committee as well as Sen. Boasso. The Committee is strictly an advisory committee and nothing the Committee does or says reflects the opinions or will cause a binding action upon Sen. Boasso. The Committee will meet roughly once a month when the state legislature is not in session and more frequently when in session. In other news regarding Sen. Boasso, in his first legislative session, he has made a name for himself and has been a fantastic representative of St. Bernard. If you haven't been following the news, Sen. Boasso has been one of the leading forces driving the restructuring of how state river pilots are regulated. He has held a public hearing on the impact of foreign shrimp on La. shrimpers. A forum on education has been planned for Friday, June 25 at 11:00 AM in the St. Bernard Parish Council Chambers. State Education Superintendent Cecil Picard has committed to attending the forum. Other members of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education have been invited. Although I have given my support to Craig Romero for the Louisiana District 3 Congressional race, see this post, you can meet one of his challengers Wednesday, June 24. Charmine Degruise Caccoppi will have a meet and greet at Boasso America at 7:00 PM. Please note, although the gathering will be held at Boasso America, Sen. Boasso is not endorsing Mrs. Caccoppi or anyone else. He is simply allowing her to use his facilities. Be good to yourself, Westley Annis westley@da-parish.com ============================================================= Got Tech Questions? We wrote the book! AnswerSquad Feel free to forward this to anyone you think is interested. Want to get your own copy? Visit our web site at http://www.da-parish.com to sign up or send an email to daparish-subscribe@yahoogroups.com posted by Westley at 6/20/2004 12:24:09 AM (0) comments HOME

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