Faimon Roberts
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Columnist/Editorial writer, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune
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Sid Edwards' library proposal is a bad idea. But it has kicked off an important conversation about how Baton Rouge addresses urgent problems.
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Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards' library plan is a bad idea. But it's an important conversation.
Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards' library plan is a bad idea. But if it ignites a serious commitment to solve Baton Rouge's problems, it's a worthy effort. Here's why.
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/baton-rouge-libraries-police-brpd-politics/article_6fcebfae-a45b-5165-9738-33527b3fe3eb.html
10 months ago
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Pat Sloan-Turner
10 months ago
From columnist @faimon: "Paraphrasing here, but Edwards' pitch is basically this: "Our cops make too little and the parish library is loaded."
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Faimon Roberts: Mayor-President Sid Edwards comes for East Baton Rouge's libraries
Sid Edwards wants parish voters to rededicate a parish-wide library tax so he can pay city cops more. Will it work?
https://www.nola.com/opinions/faimon_roberts/baton-rouge-libraries-police-brpd/article_01f07e7a-e4d5-11ef-a428-ebfc92345519.html
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11 months ago
It’s official. At a ceremony that included dozens of white-robed children reciting the pledge, some gospel hymns and testimony from his former football players, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards took his oath of office Thursday night.
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Sid Edwards inaugurated as Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish
Joined by a number of local, state and federal officials, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards took his oath of office Thursday night to serve as the parish's leader for the next four years.
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/mayor-sid-edwards-sworn-in/article_044d2b8a-c95c-11ef-bbb3-9bba52a83e8d.html#tncms-source=featured-2
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11 months ago
Decided to join bluesky since my story is blowing up here- thanks everyone who's read it! Update: Amazon contacted Ms. Scott-Windham and is now giving her time off with pay.
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Will Sutton takes stock of Black leadership in cities across the state after Sharon Weston Broome, a Black woman, lost to Sid Edwards earlier this month.
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Will Sutton: Louisiana's declining Black leadership. Who will be New Orleans' next mayor?
Opinion columnist Will Sutton writes about why Black representation matters. Could Helena Moreno be New Orleans' next mayor?
https://www.nola.com/opinions/will_sutton/new-orleans-mayor-black-leadership-baton-rouge/article_33f1a888-b800-11ef-8370-9f376a9b0c05.html
12 months ago
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Quin Hillyer steps back to tell us of a noble man doing important work.
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Quin Hillyer: Ninety years young, with timeless values
The Trinity Educational Enrichment Program owes its success to recently retired, 90-year-old Alvin Edinburgh, who instilled the values of “respect, responsibility, reciprocity, restraint and redemptio...
https://www.nola.com/opinions/quin_hillyer/trinity-episcopal-teep-youth-camp/article_4308ee76-b959-11ef-bd87-ef002b127e00.html
12 months ago
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When the legislature tweaked the election process, it opened up the possibility for Bill Cassidy to be primaried. Steph Grace explains how:
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Stephanie Grace: Yes, Louisiana voters, 'primary' is also a verb
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is facing a challenge from the right from state Treasurer John Fleming, in the first election under a new state law that changes the rules to make it easier for incumbents to ge...
https://www.nola.com/opinions/stephanie_grace/bill-cassidy-john-fleming-donald-trump-2026-republican/article_a33a1d34-b985-11ef-a457-7ffa43b6211c.html
12 months ago
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Sid Edwards has asked people to keep calling him coach, even after he becomes EBR Mayor-President Sid Edwards. Will those skills he learned help him as he takes over the city-parish? Well, we'll see:
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Faimon Roberts: Can coaching prowess carry over to politics? Sid Edwards is about to find out.
Faimon Roberts: Four months ago, Sid Edwards was a decorated football coach whom many had never heard of. As of Saturday, he's East Baton Rouge's Mayor-President-elect. What just happened?
https://www.nola.com/opinions/faimon_roberts/politics-east-baton-rouge-parish-sharon-weston-broome-louisiana-sid-edwards/article_14766952-b63f-11ef-a724-2b85f0dde4ca.html
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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A couple of good ones last week from
@willsutton.bsky.social
, first on a new leader of the Southern U System:
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Will Sutton: DA Tony Clayton accepts Jeff Landry's challenge to lead Southern system
Here's who else was appointed to Southern University's board.
https://www.nola.com/opinions/will-jeff-landry-sway-southern-u-board/article_7e20da50-b32d-11ef-9d58-af23e053d1c7.html
about 1 year ago
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Not opinion, but a banger of a post-election analysis story from
@patsloanturner.bsky.social
on Sid Edwards' big win in Baton Rouge:
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How Sid Edwards 'broke all the rules' and unseated Baton Rouge mayor Sharon Weston Broome
Here's how football coach and first-time candidate Sid Edwards defeated two-term incumbent Sharon Weston Broome to lead Louisiana's second-largest parish.
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/how-sid-edwards-got-elected-baton-rouge-mayor/article_0dfc6276-b571-11ef-beab-776d83b2cd9a.html
about 1 year ago
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Donald Trump possibly choosing Garret Graves to be his FEMA head would be a radical choice, according to Stephanie Grace. Radically normal, that is. More here:
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Stephanie Grace: Donald Trump should find a place for Garret Graves in his administration
By the standard Donald Trump has set for his own administration, outgoing U.S. Rep. Garret Graves would be a radically sane hire to run FEMA, says columnist Stephanie Grace.
https://www.nola.com/opinions/stephanie_grace/fema-redistricting-flood-control-insurance-disaster/article_6215173c-b3ef-11ef-8719-d316443bb289.html
about 1 year ago
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Clancy DuBos weighs in on the brewing John Fleming-Bill Cassidy battle which, I suspect, is headed for rapid intensification:
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Bill Cassidy faces a right-wing assault after crossing Trump
Donald Trump has forgiven GOP critics before — Lindsey Graham is a glaring example — but only if they publicly and repeatedly debase themselves before him. Cassidy hasn’t done that.
https://www.nola.com/opinions/fleming-cassidy-trump-louisiana/article_f08e0f5a-b5fc-11ef-b7e4-739aebeee2fb.html
about 1 year ago
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Scrim remains at large.
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Maybe it's time to let Scrim make his own decisions,
@willsutton.bsky.social
says:
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
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Will Sutton
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/will_sutton/
about 1 year ago
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You wanna know who won and who lost the legislature's tax session? Clancy has the answer in his Winnas and Loozas column:
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Da Winnas & Da Loozas: Jeff Landry's tax session was bloody — and there's more to come
In the hurried final hours, lawmakers knew little about what they voted for — other than getting out of Baton Rouge in time to keep their Thanksgiving travel plans. It’ll be interesting to see what ha...
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/landry-tax-session-winners-losers/article_ef178344-5b17-5e83-9327-ab46c78e2fbf.html
about 1 year ago
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Good story here on the plight of Louisiana's rural hospitals and how a few are bucking the trend.
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Louisiana's rural hospitals find ways to persevere in a multiple-front battle
"Unless people suddenly start having babies or moving into those areas, there’s going to be a reckoning. I try not to think about it."
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/louisianas-rural-hospital-face-a-multiple-front-battle/article_1abde1e6-a39d-11ef-a8e7-0ba6d69959f9.html
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