As the summer months continue to progress, the 2022 fall elections for Plaquemines Parish—the official “Election Date” is November 8—are becoming more and more prevalent in people’s minds. Already, each position up for election (the 9 council seats, school board seats, and parish presidency) has had a candidate announce that they intend on running.

The Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) is currently engaged in a lawsuit with Clean Tank (CTS) Solutions over work the company supposedly did on the Port Sulphur water station during the Hurricane Ida recovery process. According to CTS—who filed the lawsuit against PPG—the company has not been properly compensated for this work which, it claims, was done under the direction of PPG. CTS is looking to be compensated for $415,945 it was supposedly not paid.

A little over a month ago, a Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Deputy was badly injured after a teenager ran him over with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on May 31. This incident would land the deputy, Edmund Fisher, in a local hospital’s “Intensive Care Unit” in critical condition.

Belle Chasse residents Dennis and Lynn (Shellie) Godsey recently visited Europe and took in many beautiful sights with The Plaquemines Gazette along for the trip. Pictured on the right: The Godsey’s visited San Marco Square in Venice, Italy on July 5. In the background, from left, you can see Saint Mark’s Basilica, the Clock Tower, and Museo Correa. See more photos on page 3.

10th Amendment of the US Constitution: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.”

This month marks the 50-year anniversary of the Watergate break-in. Those of us who remember were often mesmerized by the full press coverage the event produced. I was commuting to Baton Rouge each day in 1972 as a delegate to the constitutional convention. Driving to and from the state capital, I was glued to my radio as events unfolded that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

With so many projects going on in the Belle Chasse area and in Plaquemines Parish as a whole, what difference would it make if another project was also added to help traffic flow. One project in particular, the “new main entrance” currently under construction to the Naval Air Station JRB, or as a long time resident remember it as Alvin Calendar Field, is rumored to be the new main entrance for the Naval Air Station Belle Chasse.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three men for alleged oyster violations on June 27 in Plaquemines Parish. Agents cited Long Nguyen, 68, of Port Sulphur, Wayne P.

June 22, 2022 Donnie R. Peoples, 39, Buras: simple assault.

June 23, 2022 Suit 67461, Credit Brokers LLC vs. Mary L.