September 8, 2023 Belleview Plantation, Lot 5. Dwayne E Rovira to Wayne Morris Williamson Jr.

Plaquemines Parish homeowners, businesses, and landowners should be concerned about the valuation of their property. Too many properties are being mis-valued by the current interim assessor in all categories, residential, commercial, and agricultural.

_e Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) council, at their September 14 meeting, unanimously approved a resolution requesting that the Civil Service Board allow for a “special one-time merit increase and allow for a special one-time pay plan adjustment.” In other words, this resolution requests the civil service commission to approve an adjusted payplan and a raise for all classi_ed employees—those who work under civil service regulations.

Belle Chasse High School defeated parish rival South Plaquemines High School in their annual “Battle of the Boot” football game by a score of 20 to 6. _e highly anticipated matchup drew a crowd of over 2,300 people. Even though Belle Chasse High School has won 9 of the last 10 meetings between the schools, this is always a highly contested game; bringing the best out of both school’s eorts. _is year’s game was no dierent. South Plaq scored _rst on a one-yard run by quarterback Rod Parker to make the score 6-0, after a blocked extra point eort. _e team’s then traded possessions battling for _eld position, until Belle Chasse’s senior kicker Trey Furey converted a school record 42-yard _eld goal attempt to make the score 6-3, going into the half. After halftime the Cardinals came out with a determined intensity and complied a 6 play 75 yard drive that was capped by a 8 yard touchdown run from senior Jacob Black to push the Cardinals ahead 10-6.

Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) commissioners voted at their September 14 meeting to proceed with temporary repairs to the Pointe a la Hache Ferry ramp as they wait for the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (LADOTD) to work through the ramp replacement process.

At the Monday, September 11 Plaquemines Parish School Board (PPSB) meeting, board members voted on the first step they must take in the process of selecting a new superintendent. Specifically, PPSB voted on an agenda item that decided whether the school board would proceed with search using an outside “talent search” agency or do the search “in house using legal counsel.”

When the Croatian American Society celebrates the grand opening of their new cultural center, the Croatian House, on Saturday, September 23, in Belle Chasse, President of Croatia Zoran Milanović will be on hand to cut the symbolic ribbon.

Despite the eorts of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prevent the current salt water intrusion from moving up river by installing an underwater sill at around river mile 64, it was announced at multiple public meetings that the salt water is expected to overtop the sill and continue traveling up river.

I am really confused about what’s going on in this country today. At one time, the conventional wisdom was that the Democrats were for the blue-collar working man, and the Republicans were for upper crust elites.

ank You Denis Rousselle! It was a somber visit a couple of weeks ago when Plaquemines School Superintendent Denis Rousselle stopped by the newspaper o_ce to inform us he was retiring immediately on the advice of his doctors. His full-time job would now be taking care of his health.