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“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ~ Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
the alexandria, louisiana city council's questionable ordinance was first reported from the blogosphere tuesday night from central la politics here and from wst... here.
today, the town talk catches up with cenla's blogosphere (see link) and publishes a story: "legality of city council's bid to hire lawyers is questioned."
the town talk was kind enough to acquire and post a .pdf copy of the ordinance:
hiring the lawyers would be legal, citing Roy v. Humphries, a 1984 case in which the Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal stated that the Alexandria City Council could have its own attorney in an "extreme public emergency."according to roy v. humphries:
The public emergency in that case came at a time when Mayor Jacques Roy's father, Chris Roy Sr., was city attorney and then-Mayor John Snyder sued the City Council over a disagreement concerning a contract obligation to buy electricity from the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority.
January 7, 1983, the City Council declared an "extreme public emergency" existed in the City of Alexandria and retained Mr. Humphries to represent the Council. Ordinance No. 3-1983)no such declaration of "extreme public emergency" exits in the city of alexandria today. unless, of course you're one of the bridgett brown 5 city councilmen, who are currently being being investigated by the louisiana attorney general -- then we guess being investigated would be an emergency - to you only.
21. Motion to approve payment of legal expense for Herbert Dixon on ethics defense based on favorable decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, Docket No. 2006-CA-0950 – Dr. Stephen Chapman Pages 15-23 Click to view backupone would think that the city council would have already been advised of all this procedure because school board member herbert dixon's attorney was --- john w. "jock" scott one of the very attorney's that the city wants to appoint at taxpayer expense to represent them.
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24. Motion for the Rapides Parish School Board have our legal counsel pursue having the State Legislature reimburse the Rapides Parish School Board for these legal expenses that were incurred in exonerating Mr. Herbert Dixon for the debits - Dr. Stephen Chapman