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a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Elected as Mayor-President in 2004, Holden has now served eight years and is proud of his support, along with that of the Metro Coun-cil, of the Green Light program of road and street improvements.

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A seasoned politician with a long history of beating the odds and plowing new ground, Holden is Baton Rouge’s first black mayor. His greatest political strength is probably his personal charm and likability. This personal magne-tism led to overwhelming support

BATON ROUGE — An impending vacancy on the Louisiana Supreme Court caused by the resignation of Chief Justice Kitty Kimball later this year has left the philosophi-cal direction of the court hanging in the balance and local judges and attorneys scrambling. Eight candidates are seeking the seat, including four Court of Appeal judges, two District Court judges, and two local attorneys. Meanwhile, many lawyers who often contribute to judges’ cam-paigns are sitting on the sidelines, afraid to contribute to any candi-date, lest they offend the others. Judge John M. Guidry is con-sidered the leading Democrat, but many attorneys believe the top Re-

Battle for the CourtJudges AmongEight CandidatesTo Fill Vacancy On High Court

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CANDIDATES FOR LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT are (1st row) Republican judges Toni Higginbotham, Jeff Hughes, Tim Kel-ley, Bill Morvant, and Duke Welch and (2rd row) Judge John Guidry (D), independent Jeffrey Sanford, and Mary Olive Pierson (D).

Sen. David Vitter Named Man of the Year

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge area Republicans packed the City Club for the 1st Annual Ronald Reagan Awards Luncheon last Fri-day and honored U. S. Sen. David Vitter as Man of the Year. Vitter was recognized for his support of free enterprise, limited govern-ment, lower taxes, traditional val-ues, and a strong defense. Speakers included State Rep. Va-larie Hodges, Gene Mills of Family Forum, Milton Graugnard of Ca-jun Construction, and Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker. Vitter said he was humbled to receive the honor.

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Coroner to AddressRecord Murder RateAt New ChamberAt 12 Noon Tuesday BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. Beau Clark will discuss the parish’s murder rate at the new Cham-ber of Com-merce of East Baton Rouge meeting at 12 noon Tuesday at Café Améric-ain. As coroner, Dr. Clark exam-ines each mur-der victim.

from blacks and an approval rat-ing of more than 60 percent from whites. East Baton Rouge Parish is a closely-divided political battle-ground where 54 percent of the voters are white. White voters are a key to Holden’s campaign to be

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LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM — Gene Mills, president of Louisiana Family Forum, paid tribute to U. S. Sen. David Vitter last Friday during the Ronald Reagan Man of the Year Awards at the City Club. Mills is hosting the Annual Family Forum Dinner tonight at the Healing Place. Doors open at 6 and dinner at 7 p.m. For information, call 344-8533.

Gov.Romney,The47%,andEconomicDeterminism

BATON ROUGE — Over the past cou-ple of years, probably the most com-mon refrain among my fellow conser-vatives has been this: “Nearly half the people in America get a check from the government ev-

Social ConservativesDon’t Base Their VoteOn Checks in the Mail Woody Jenkins Editor, Capital City News

But there are many problems with Gov. Romney’s statement. First of all, it is premised on the idea that people who pay income taxes are conservative and those who don’t are liberal and will vote Demo-cratic. This is a concept, which might be called “economic determinism” — namely that your political behavior is determined by your income level, whether you pay income taxes, and whether you get a check from the government. A lot of “economic conservatives” think this way, and they see the world as driven primarily by issues involv-ing money. But that viewpoint is manifestly flawed. It ignores the fact that human beings are very compli-cated and make their political deci-sions for a variety of reasons. For example, many voters are pri-marily “social conservatives,” who make their voting decisions in large part based on issues such as abortion and traditional marriage. For these voters, income levels and income tax-es have less to do with how they vote. In fact, lower middle income vot-ers tend to be the strongest pro-life supporters, and they very often vote Republican even if they pay no in-come taxes. Second, among the 47 percent who “pay no income taxes” are the retired people on Social Security who paid taxes all their lives. They tend to be very conservative and often Re-publican. Do they suddenly change their voting patterns simply because

ery month. At some point soon, the number of people getting a check from the government will outnumber the working people, and at that point there is no hope for America.” Gov. Mitt Romney, whom I strong-ly support, got himself in trouble this week by saying something very simi-lar — that 47 percent of American households don’t pay income taxes, and thus they won’t be voting for him. For most conservatives, this state-ment is a “truism,” and they want Gov. Romney to “stick to his guns” and not back off.

they’ve retired? Of course not. Ironically, nationwide, the poorer counties in America are generally the most reliably Republican. The Wall Street Journal reports that the so-called Tractor Counties (rural, agricultural) in America (median in-come $33,000) and the Evangelical Counties (socially conservative) na-tionwide (median income $31,000) have given Republican candidates a 22-point margin since 2000. Another point: When conservatives say half the households in America receive a check from the government and the future is hopeless, we should ask ourselves another question: How many of those households also have someone in that household work-ing and paying taxes? How many of those households include a business owner? Just because grandma, who lives at home, is on Social Security or the family includes a special needs child who receives government assistance doesn’t mean that family is voting Democratic. Republicans, especially economic conservatives, should open their eyes and realize many millions of Ameri-cans will vote with us, even if they’re not making enough money to pay in-come taxes and even if someone in their household gets a government check. Fortunately, politics is a lot more complicated than that, and we can win many of these voters to our side, if we don’t write them off.

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BATON ROUGE — The Arab Spring has turned into the Arab Win-ter. With it, the utter naivete and ineptitude of the Obama Admin-istration’s policy in the Mideast have become clear for all to see. In his Cairo speech, President Obama reached out to the Muslim world in the obvious belief that 1,000 years of history was all a big mistake,

Singing KumbayaWith Terrorists IsNo Substitute forMilitary Strength Woody Jenkins Editor, Capital City News

his wanting to try the terrorists at Guanta-nomo under crimi-nal law, instead of military law. Notice that even with the murder of the American am-bassador to Libya, Obama wanted to send in the FBI to

Department stopped referring to ter-rorists as “terrorists”? That’s behind

a misunderstanding that could be solved by holding hands and singing kumbaya together. Thus began the descent that led to Obama’s complicity in the over-throw of dictatorial regimes which had at least kept the forces of terror at bay. It was also the beginning of the Obama administration’s gradual abandonment of our friends in Israel. Today an American ambassador has been murdered, U. S. embassies are under seige, and American inter-ests in the Mideast remain under con-stant threat. Terrorism and terrorists are on the rise — dramatically — in the Mid-east, and there is no one to stop them except Israel. The United States and President Obama look foolish, inept, weak, and powerless to control our destiny. Do you remember that not long ago, President Obama and his State

killed, it’s a job for the Marines — not the investigators. When America kicks butt and takes names, we get positive results — and victory! When we grovel, we get what we deserve — a bloody nose or much worse. Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups are behind the coordinated attacks on American embassies across the Mus-lim world, and it will continue and get worst unless we get new leadership. Meanwhile, the threat of Iran’s building nuclear weapons grows more severe with each passing day. The clock is ticking, and the annila-tion of the State of Israel and perhaps the United States becomes more and more likely. Rome is burning, and Nero is fid-dling away. Nov. 6 is almost here. I just pray that the American people stand up, and that it won’t be too late.

“investigate” and bring the wrongdo-ers to “justice”! Much to the Presi-dent’s surprise, it wasn’t “safe” for the FBI to go to Libya to investigate. Obama thinks this is a criminal problem and wants to read everybody their Miranda rights. What a piece of work we have in the White House! When American embassies are at-tacked and American diplomats are

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TheRepublicans • Court of Appeal Judge Toni Higginbotham. Conservative Re-publican. Long-time Republican activist with seven years practic-ing law, 14 years as Juvenile Court judge, and two years as judge of the Court of Appeal. Endorsed by Re-publican Party. Resides in South Baton Rouge. • Court of Appeal Judge Jeff Hughes. Conservative Republican with 12 years as practicing attorney, 14 years as District Judge, and eight years on the Court of Appeal. Re-sides in Livingston Parish. • District Judge Tim Kelley. Conservative Republican with 21 years practicing law and eight years as District Judge. Endorsed by Re-publican Party. Resides in South Baton Rouge. • District Judge BillMorvant.Conservative Republican with 11 years as a practicing attorney and 15 years as District Judge. Endorsed by Louisiana Association of Busi-ness and Industry. Resides in South Baton Rouge. • Court of Appeal Judge Duke Welch. Conservative Republican who served in the U.S. Air Force. He served on the Baker City Coun-cil, practiced law for 15 years, served as District Judge for nine years, and has served for eight years on the Court of Appeal. Resides in Zach-ary area.

TheDemocrats • Court of Appeal Judge John MichaelGuidry. Moderate Demo-crat. He served in Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana Senate, practiced law for 10 years, and has served for 15 years on Court

of Appeal. He resides in Baton Rouge. • Mary Olive Pierson. Demo-crat. She has practiced law for 42 years representing a wide variety of clients but is well known for high profile cases including multi-million dollar civil cases and white collar criminal cases. Served on the City-Parish Council. Resides in South Baton Rouge.

The Independent • Jeffry Sanford. Independent. He has practiced law for 21 years and has a wide-ranging practice that includes multi-million civil cas-es, international law, professional sports, and many others. WhytheElectionMatters.The Louisiana Supreme Court is a largely collegial group which often agrees, but there are some deep philosophi-cal issues which split the court down the middle. Speaking generally, the court has three conservative justices, three liberal justices, and one who can tilt either way, depending on the issue. The election of a Republican to this seat would move the court in a more conservative direction because Chief Justice Kimball is considered more liberal. Because the philosophical direc-tion of the court is at stake, the elec-tion has attracted a large number of candidates and a great deal of inter-est from the legal community, espe-cially trial lawyers, and the business community. How the Race Is Shaping Up.Here are some of the observations

being made by political strategists who have analyzed this race: • The primary election is Nov. 6, and the runoff is Dec. 8. It is ex-tremely unlikely that the election will be resolved without a runoff. • All of the six judges seeking the post are considered capable and well qualified. • Court of Appeal Judge John Michael Guidry is viewed as the candidate most likely to run first in the primary. Although black and a Democrat, he is considered moder-

ate to somewhat conservative. He enjoyed the support of LABI when he ran for the Court of Appeal and was opposed by former Sen. Cleo Fields. • Democrat attorney Mary Ol-ive Pierson has an outside chance of making the runoff, if she has a strong media campaign and if the Republi-can field splits evenly. However, few observers expect that to happen. • District Judge Bill Morvant secured the coveted LABI endorse-

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JUDGEDUKEWELCH (left) spoke at the opening of Republican headquarters, while District Judge Trudy White (center) and City Judge Suzan Ponder (right) spoke at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon on Sept. 11. Judge White is running for the Court of Appeal, and Judge Ponder is running for reelection. For more on their races, read the Oct. 4 edition of the Capital City News.

BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish opened its Parish Headquarters last week at 7047 Jefferson Highway, Suite B. More than 100 people at-tended. The headquarters will be used as an office, call center, meet-ing place, and pickup point for yard signs and literature. Republican Party secretary Ryan Cross said the GOP hopes to open the office from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday through Saturday during the campaign. He said volunteers should email the party at [email protected] and pro-vide their contact information and times they are available to work. Volunteers will help party-endorsed candidates and call from the head-quarters to undecided voters in swing states. He said, “Keep up with local GOP activities by ‘liking’ Capital Republican on Facebook.”

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BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish Wednesday night announced its en-dorsement of two of the eight can-didates seeking a vacant seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. Receiving the Supreme Court endorsement were Court of Appeal Judge Toni Higginbotham and Dis-trict Court Judge Tim Kelley.

the court. How-ever, at this point, we have to try to select the strongest candidate who can get into the Dec. 8 runoff and then win in that runoff. We met with each of the candidates at length, studied their biographies and legal writ-ings, and subject-ed them to pretty intense question-ing. In the end, we felt that Judge Higginbotham and Judge Kelley were the best choices to carry the Republi-can banner. They are both solid con-servatives who

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Friday, September 21Ignite•7p.m.

An Ignite Youth Rally will be held at Life Church Central, 10523 Lovett Rd. Live music from the Ignite Band and guest speaker will be Tommy DarDar from Bayouland Church in Houma. For information or to see the Ignite video, go to www.lifechurchcentral.org or call 261-5309.

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Brigitte Gabriel, leading global Is-lamic terrorism expert, will be a guest speaker at Christian Life Fellowship, 2037 Quail Drive. Ms. Gabriel will speak on the rise of Islamic radicalism in your community and in our nation. Join Rep. Valarie Hodges at this must-attend event! For information, email [email protected] or call 791-2199.

Tuesday, September 25EBRPMayoralForum•6p.m.

The Jones Creek Area Business As-sociation and District 9 Councilman Joel Boé are hosting a Mayoral Forum

at the Jones Creek Library, 6222 Jones Creek. All four candidates for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish have been invited to participate. The moderator will have the candidates give opening remarks, ask candidates ques-tions that have been submitted in writ-ing by members of the audience, and then ask candidates to provide closing remarks. The primary election is Tues-day, Nov. 6 and the runoff is Dec. 8.

Thursday, September 27MeettheNewDoctors•2to3p.m.

Join the staff and physicians of Lane Regional Medical Center for an old-fashioned Meet n’ Greet in the Lane Caf-eteria to welcome our newest doctors.

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Public Service Commissioner, Eric Skrmetta, will be the featured speaker at the Pachyderms of Greater Baton

Rouge meeting at the Great Wall Chi-nese Restaurant, 3084 College Dr. Cost for the buffet is $13. For reser-vations, call 644-5728 or email [email protected].

Saturday, September 29CityofCentralBedRace•9a.m.

The Central Bed Race, sponsored by the Rotary, will be held at the former Starkey Academy on Joor Road. The race start is 10 a.m. For information, contact Kim McDonald at 261-5111 or Jennifer Hinton at 925-8900, ext. 722.

October8through31BlackwaterPumpkinPatch

Blackwater United Methodist Church, 10000 Blackwater Rd., is once again hosting its incredible Pump-kin Patch with literally thousands of pumpkins for sale! All sales profits go to benefit missions supported by the church. Featured will be games, hay

rides, car show, crafts fair, space walk, and many other activities. No admis-sion! The Pumpkin Patch Car Show is set Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Pumpkin Patch Craft Show is on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, call 261-4646 or visit www.blackwaterumc.org.

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ment and is expected to be well fund-ed, which could provide him with a strong media presence in the final weeks of the campaign. • Court of Appeal Judge Toni Higginbotham received a lot of me-dia exposure in her election cam-paign for the Court of Appeal two years ago, and this name recognition is still relatively fresh. • District Judge Tim Kelley has name recognition from the same race for the Court of Appeal two years ago. Both he and Higginbotham have been endorsed by the Republi-can Party, and this is expected to pro-vide them with a political advantage with Republican voters and an orga-nizational edge.

• Court of Appeal Judge Jeff Hughes is the only candidate from Livingston Parish, which has a large percentage of the white voters in the district. If he can hold those voters together, he has a reasonable chance at the runoff. • Court of Appeal Judge Duke Welch is the only candidate from the north part of the parish, which provides him with an important geo-graphic base. Although a conserva-tive, he is a recent Republican. Some trial lawyers may gravitate to Welch as the most acceptable Republican. • The largest percentage of Re-publican voters are found in South Baton Rouge, but three candidates are expected to split these votes — Higginbotham, Kelley, and Morvant.

• Two women in the race — Hig-ginbotham and Pierson — may ben-efit from their gender. • Supreme Court candidates are forbidden from soliciting funds for their campaigns. Each candidate has to have a separate committee to raise and spend funds. This makes fund-raising more difficult. • No polls have been taken and publicly released on the race. So ev-erything one hears about who’s ahead is basically speculation. For updates on the Louisiana Su-preme Court and other races on the Nov. 6 ballot, “Like” Central City News on Facebook and read the Election Guide in the Oct. 18 edition of the Capital City News.

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CENTRAL — After Catholic High’s pounding of highly-regarded Den-ham Springs 42-13 last Friday night, there is much talk of a resur-gent Catholic, supposedly much improved over last year’s team that went 3-7, but Central coach Sid Edwards is having none of that talk. “It is a complete misconcep-tion. Catholic had a fine team last year that ran into some bad luck. They’re the same team this year, just one year older, bigger, and stronger. They are one of the finest teams we will ever face,” he said. The long-standing rivalry be-tween Catholic and Central really was a one-sided mismatch for most of the past 60 years. Until four years ago, the record between the two teams was 41-1-1. Catholic had won 41 games, Central had won one, and there was a tie. Then four years ago, with Coach Sid at the helm, the dynamics changed completely. Under Coach Sid and former coach Doug Dotson, Central won the last four games from Catholic and four straight District 4-5A championships. To say that Catholic is looking for re-venge is putting it mildly. Catholic High is bigger and stronger than Central man for man, and their speed is about equal. The Wildcats (3-0), ranked No. 13 in the state, will only be able to beat Catholic (2-0), ranked No. 12, if they dig deep and find something

inside. Catholic High fans will do their part to help the Bears. They travel with 2,000 to 3,000 fans and quick-ly sold out the 750 tickets they were allotted this week. If Central fans don’t show up at Wildcat Stadium early, the Bears will take over the Central side of the field. In last Friday’s 57-34 victory over Woodlawn, Central showed many bright spots. Lamonte Ja-neau rushed for 168 yards and scored four touchdowns. Gary Triplett started the night strong with six carries for 82 yards before suffering a sprained ankle early in the 2nd quarter. He could be out for the Catholic game. Justin Vessell had a dazzling 60 yard run. Quarterback Brett Cour-ville was steady as usual. Tony Ragusa and Thomas Eddlemon were also bright spots. At this Friday’s game, Central and Catholic fans will be asked to contribute to help Kyle Hebert, former quarterback on Coach Sid’s state championship team at Re-demptorist. Kyle, a Baton Rouge fireman, has a baby named Lawson who is suffering from a highly fatal disease that is destroying the fam-ily financially. There will be no parking at the church across from the stadium. Our rankings for District 4-5A after three games: 1. Central, 2-3 Denham and Zachary, 4. Scotland-ville, 5. Live Oak, 6. Walker. Game of the Week: Without a doubt Catholic at Central. Better arrive early. Not kidding.

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elected to a third term. His support from whites dropped from 60 to 29 percent in the most recent Southern Media Poll by Baton Rouge pollster Bernie Pinsonat. Assuming Holden holds 96 per-cent of the black vote in the Nov. 6 primary election, he should breeze to another four-year term. But the danger for the Mayor-President is further erosion of support from white voters. If Holden slips be-low 25 percent among white voters, Republican candidate and Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker could have a chance of winning, Pinsonat told the Baton Rouge Press Club recently. Pinsonat said crime is the No. 1 issue troubling voters in East Baton Rouge Parish with 75 percent of lo-cal residents saying crime and drugs are a serious problem. Nearly 50 per-cent of East Baton Rouge voters fear for their own safety, Pinsonat said. As the parish sets an all-time re-cord for murders, the crime issue could be weighing heavily on vot-

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ers’ minds Nov. 6, he said. Traffic is also an important issue, with 68 percent of voters saying it is a problem. The Green Light Pro-gram is Holden’s hallmark achieve-ment when it comes to traffic im-provements. Two serious problems for the mayor are his repeated support of new taxes for downtown develop-ment, which voters smacked down, and his inability to work with mem-bers of the Metro Council. Some members of the Council say they

have no relationship with the mayor or haven’t had a significant conver-sation with him in months. Five cur-rent or newly-elected Metro Coun-cil members have endorsed Mike Walker, including Councilman Ul-ysses Addison, a black Democrat. But the crime problem appears to be what is eating at Holden’s popu-larity the most, among both black and white voters, Pinsonat said. J. R. Ball of the Business Report said the key to Holden’s reelection or defeat is South Baton Rouge white voters. He said that in order to lose, Holden must be forced into a Dec. 8 runoff and then “voters in south Ba-ton Rouge must turn out in signifi-cant numbers and push the ‘x’ but-ton for the current mayor pro tem.” In that scenario, the Nov. 6 vote totals of independent candidates Gordon Mese and Steve Myers could be all-important. Although Holden’s popularity among black voters is not what it once was, the fact that President Obama is on the ballot Nov. 6 should result in a large black turn-out, greatly favoring Holden. But if Mese and Myers can draw a few white voters away from Hold-en, that could force a runoff between Holden and Walker on Dec. 8. Ac-cording to Pinsonat’s most recent poll, Mese and Myers are together drawing about 7 percent of the vote. If Walker makes it to a Dec. 8 runoff where Obama is not on the

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ballot, it will be a “whole new ball game,” one local pundit said. Despite the uncertainty of his political future and the strains on his popularity after eight years as Mayor-President, Holden seems to have loss little of her personal mag-netism. Holden remains an effec-tive goodwill ambassador for the parish and often speaks to conven-tion groups coming to Baton Rouge. His self-deprecating humor invari-ably draws a favorable response. He is known to joke about his bald-ing head and pull some convention-eer out of the audience to compare heads, bringing laughter to all. “We love your mayor!” one visi-tor said recently. At qualifying at the Clerk of Court’s office in August, the “old Kip” showed up, laughing and jok-ing with Republican Clerk of Court Doug Welborn. In the gubernatorial election of 2011, Gov. Bobby Jindal won by a landslide statewide against token opposition. But he carried East Ba-ton Rouge Parish with only 50.9 percent. That total suggests that the parish is tough but not impos-sible for Republicans to carry and that anything could happen in the Mayor-President’s race Nov. 6. Holden is married and has five children. He earned a B.A. from LSU, and an M.A. and J.D. from Southern. He holds many honors for his service to the community.

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