Council Denies Ordinance to Implement Buffer Against Industrial Development

  • Parish council members and parish president Louis Pomes pose for photo alongside members of the Family Violence Program in St. Bernard after proclaiming the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the parish.
    Parish council members and parish president Louis Pomes pose for photo alongside members of the Family Violence Program in St. Bernard after proclaiming the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the parish.
  • The parish council and parish president Louis Pomes pose for a photo with former council member Wanda Alcon and other members of the St. Bernard Business and Professional Women's Club after proclaiming October 21 through October 25 as National Business Women's Week in the parish.
    The parish council and parish president Louis Pomes pose for a photo with former council member Wanda Alcon and other members of the St. Bernard Business and Professional Women's Club after proclaiming October 21 through October 25 as National Business Women's Week in the parish.
    At the first meeting in October for the St. Bernard Parish Government (SBPG), council members shot down an ordinance proposed by council member at large east Fred Everhardt by an overwhelming 1-6 vote. The ordinance in question, if passed, would have prevented industrial development within 500 feet of any school or “other educational facility.”Everhardt was the only council member to...

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