Louisiana Voice

An interesting lawsuit has been filed in 16th Judicial District Court in New Iberia that names among its 17 defendants J.E. Schwing, Inc., Texaco, Chevron, and members of the local Iberia Parish political power structure.

The heirs of one Louis Carrier filed the lawsuit which claims they are owed CENTURY OLD ROYALTIES on an oil well drilled on or adjacent to property owned by Carrier whose heirs are claiming there was “no cloud on the title of the property until 1916, when oil was discovered in Iberia Parish…”

The Schwing Well No. 1 was drilled “on or near the Carrier family land” and access to and from the well “was provided or taken by ingress and egress” across Carrier’s property. The lawsuit further claims that the well “was located in such proximity” to Carrier’s land “that it is undeniable that oil and gas was extracted from beneath petitioner’s land” and that Carrier nor his descendants received any royalties “or other monies in consideration for the oil removed from their property.”

Former parish council member Glenn Romero is named as a defendant. His father was Mayo Romero and the succession of Mayor Romero is also a named defendant as is the succession of Paulin Duhe through the administrator Thomas G. Duhe. Paulin Duhe was the grandfather of 16th JDC District Attorney Bofill “Bo” Duhe.

Several of Carrier’s descendants who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit are current residents of Iberia Parish, a fact that should have them looking over their shoulders.

All they have to do to be reminded of the vindictiveness of Duhe and Sheriff Louis Ackal is review the problems encountered by DONALD BROUSSARD when he took on the power structure.

Just sayin’….

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Jeff Landry loves to present an image of himself as a crusading advocate for all that is just and pure. All you have to do is read his endless parade of self-promoting press releases about all the evil he has pursued as our law and order attorney general.

Except when it comes to investigating possible SEXUAL ABUSES in the Catholic Church as attorneys general in others states have done.

Could it be because his mother is a religion school teacher at Trinity Catholic School in St. Martinville in St. Martin Parish, which falls within the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette? (NOTE: I’m informed Landry’s mother retired three years ago and the school itself closed a year ago but that does nothing to diminish the significance of Landry’s ties to the church or his potential motivation to go easy on any investigation of same.)

Of course his office says it doesn’t have the authority to launch such a comprehensive investigation.

Landry refuses to say whether he would initiate a joint review of sex abuse allegations along with district attorneys in Louisiana, as has been done in at least one other state.

New Orleans attorney Roger Stetter, who represents alleged victims of clergy abuse in New Orleans, said he believes Landry could pursue an investigation if he desired.

“He doesn’t need the permission of the Legislature to pursue this,” Stetter said. “He doesn’t think he can because he doesn’t want to do it.”

Landry has not been shy in asserting his authority in other areas—even in cases where that authority was not his. He operated a special crime task force — with agents who arrested people — in New Orleans for about a year, though a federal judge said he did not have the power to do so. His office spews out a constant stream of press releases about his pursuit of child predators (other than priests) and welfare and Medicare cheats in his never ending quest for the governor’s office.

Things that make you go hmmm.

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Okay, folks, against my better judgment, I’m back—but on a much more restricted basis.

My “retirement” is shorter than that of Brett Favre. I’m harder to get rid of than love bugs in May and can on occasion create as much stink as a dead armadillo on a Louisiana highway on a hot August day.

Admittedly, I am a political news junkie and it’s impossible for me to stand on the sidelines and watch our elected officials get away with questionable and unethical, if not downright illegal actions.

So, here’s the deal. I’m returning to the fray but because of the strain on my somewhat diminished vision, my posts will have a decidedly different look about them: no more long, detailed essays. Instead, I’ll just be posting terse notes with a few accompanying acerbic comments and whenever possible, links you can go to for more details.

Call it The Reader’s Digest version of LouisianaVoice, McLouisianaVoice, or LouisianaVoice Cliff Notes. Whatever, I hope you like it.

Our first post under the new format will be on Monday (October 22).

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