[Editor's Note: When this story was posted Wednesday evening, Morrison was the only candidate to have qualified. On Thursday morning, Percell Glaude also entered the race for Scott mayor. Some content has since been edited out of the story to reflect that change.]
City-Parish Councilman Purvis Morrison qualified on Wednesday to run in the October election for mayor of Scott. The Scott native’s bid is not unexpected; Morrison indicated his intention to seek the seat nearly a year ago. Incumbent Mayor Hazel Myers, now in her fourth term, has decided to retire.
“It’s been a dream for me to have the opportunity to represent the city of Scott, where I grew up, all my roots, my mother, my father, my grandfathers, they’re all buried there,” Morrison says.
If Morrison wins, he’ll have to resign his District 1 seat on the CPC — he would be sworn in as Scott Mayor in January. Because less than a year would remain in the term before the November 2011 council elections, a replacement could be appointed to fill the unexpired term rather than hold a special election.
According to biographical information on his council Web page, Morrison is also a contract bus driver for the Lafayette Parish School System and is a licensed barber. He is a graduate of Acadiana High School and previously served on the Scott City Council, during which time he developed an interest in serving his hometown as mayor. “When I first got involved I really didn’t think about it right away because I didn’t know if I was going to like that type of work,” he says. “But in my third year I definitely started considering that when Hazel would retire that I wouldn’t mind doing this. And now that opportunity has come, so I say this is the best time to go.”
JUNE 17 If anyone ever wonders why Saints fans hate Atlanta with a capital H, here's a good indication. Radio "professionals" at an Atlanta station created an entire segment around making fun of former Saints player Steve Gleason, who is now paralyzed by ALS. Listen, nobody's ever accused DJs of being rocket scientists. But how could someone think it is amusing to pretend to ask a man with a degenerative, fatal disease if he will be alive next week? The DJs have been fired, and are now whining about how gutless their former bosses are. Wow.
JUNE 18 Here's the latest from the Advocate on the fatal hit-and-run accident allegedly involving the president of the Livingston Parish School Board. He's accused by police of hitting a 21-year-old man on a highway early Sunday and driving away. The man died at a hospital later. On Monday, police seized the president's truck and towed it away. But he's available for board meetings: apparently a $500 bond is sufficient for this type of thing over in St. Helena Parish.
JUNE 18 Former broadcast journalist Griffin Scott has posted this plea on his blog for financial assistance from his readers. Scott, who says he was fired after he wrote something fairly innocuous (for Facebook) on his wall, is suing a media giant for his job back. He's framed himself as David going after a bloated media giant, and he's probably not far off.
JUNE 18 Here's a fairly absurd column posted on DIG Magazine about the completely absurd practice of naming killer storms. Tornadoes don't have names. Blizzards don't have names. But hurricanes do, and there's a big process to bestow them, Jacques Cormery writes. He's right about the crazy assemblage of names -- this year, there's everything from Tanya to Humberto -- and his idea that we don't waste good names on killer storms is a good one.
JUNE 17 Political columnist John Maginnis has some advice for Louisiana Republicans: grow up. After the schism that occurred in this past session - fiscal hawks teaming up with Democrats to spank the Republican "majority" and hand Gov. Jindal his, er, aspirations for continued solon control -- they need to figure out how to get along with each other, Maginnis writes.
JUNE 17 Here's the Picayune's obit story for Dorothy 'Miss Dot' Domilise, the lady who made poboys at the uptown restaurant that bears her name. Miss Dot moved to New Orleans during World War II, where she met and married her husband Sam. When she passed away Friday she was 90, and had spent more than 60 of those years working at the restaurant on Annunciation Street.
JUNE 17 This editorial in the Advocate speaks in favor of the consent decrees that have federal judges overseeing police operations and the sheriff's parish prison in New Orleans. Mayor Landrieu and Sheriff Gusman can't get along, so outside forces, like the Inspector General and the judges, are needed to make sure things run right, the editorial opines.
JUNE 18 Here's a post from Manny Schewitz on Forward Progressives that is good for a chuckle. Manny had an epiphany back in November, and is sharing it with us today: he believes that Fox "News" is killing the GOP by pandering to right wing nuts. Now, don't get it twisted: Manny's not broke up about it. He says he enjoys watching the downward spiral with a shot of whiskey and "a schadenfreude chaser."
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Ain't got no place to roam.
No office to call his own.
Down on his knees he prays, God heah let me stay.
Heah whar the west begins, retiring my bus today.
This is my fifth state retirement pay, Oh lord give me one mo day!