My crystal ball is hazy:

My crystal ball is hazy:

I was very wrong about Kennedy! I guess a bad candidate is a bad candidate and coat tails can’t help a bad candidate.

Mayor's Tax proposal
Fails because nothing in it for Central and Zachary.

This measure failed by less than two percent of the vote. If the mayor would have put some goodies in for Central and Zachary the story could have been different.

Judge, Juvenile Court, Elec. Sect. 1A
Gerald T. "Jerry" Arbour, R Overwhelming a Republican district. The "R" behind Arbour name wins the race.

I blew that call!

Metro District 2
Handy wins. Too much support from the Mayor.

And this one! The mayor will have his hands full with Bones.

Metro District 3
Chandler Loupe wins big!

Loupe won, but it was no landslide.

Metro District 5
Edwards wins big 70%+. Put a fork in this race it is over, Edwards is just too organized.

Edwards won by 68%. Close but no cigar.

Metro District 6
Toss up. Depends on turn out. Don't count Tassin out.

Wasn’t even close. Donna Collins-Lewis won by a landslide.

Metro District 7
Sharper has the edge. Sorry about that folks.

I miss this one bad. I must salute the voters for voting a bad guy out.

Metro District 10
This is a hard one to call to good candidates both well organized. I have to go with my heart and go with Tara Wicker.

Boy this was a close race. Wicker won by 6 votes.

Metro District 11
Cascio by a landslide.

Got this one right!

Metro District 12
Benham in a close one. Status-quo is hard to beat.

Smokie won by 36 votes. This race really surprised me.

My Predictions

This is my predictions for next Tuesday Baton Rouge elections.
I hope that my crystal ball is working.

Mayor's Tax proposal
Fails because nothing in it for Central and Zachary.

Judge, Juvenile Court, Elec. Sect. 1A
Gerald T. "Jerry" Arbour, R Overwhelming a Republican district. The "R" behind Arbour name wins the race.

Metro District 2
Handy wins. Too much support from the Mayor.

Metro District 3
Chandler Loupe wins big!

Metro District 5
Edwards wins big 70%+. Put a fork in this race it is over, Edwards is just too organized.

Metro District 6
Toss up. Depends on turn out. Don't count Tassin out.

Metro District 7
Sharper has the edge. Sorry about that folks.

Metro District 10
This is a hard one to call to good candidates both well organized. I have to go with my heart and go with Tara Wicker.

Metro District 11
Cascio by a landslide.

Metro District 12
Benham in a close one. Status-quo is hard to beat.

Benham & Bourgeois: Dumb and Dumber!

The runoff for District 12 East Baton Rouge Metro Council is like a bad dream between two candidates Dumb and Dumber aka Jim Benham and Smokie Bourgeois.

This is the second time that these two candidates have met in a runoff for the Metro Council. In the late 90's Councilmen Jim Behham was a one-man crusade trying to ban alcohol in East Baton Rouge. Benham's anti-alcohol policies angered most of the restaurant and bar owners in Baton Rouge. Smokie Bourgeois a local cult hero and the owner of Georges's Restaurant decided to run against Benham in the 2000 election. Bourgeois forced Benham into a runoff. Benham with the help of his fellow council member Lori Burgess won the race by a very small margin.

Now in 2008 Jim Benham only campaign promise is that he is going to rid the South Downs area of Tommy Spinosa Rouzan development. Who knows what Smokie’s platform is, maybe more drinks for everyone?

Benham is not taking any direct contribution nor is he putting his money in the campaing, he is taking in-kind contribution on items like yard signs and push cards. Bourgeios has raised a small amount of money. Both of these campaigns are very low budget.

Unfortunately it does not matter who wins, the real losers in this race are the citizens of the 12th District and the citizens of East Baton Rouge.