2014

Fire Protection District #1 Proposition (Parcel Fee)

Summary: Shall Fire Protection District #1 of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect annually for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2014, a parcel fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) on each lot, subdivided portion of ground or individual tract upon which is located, either in whole or part, a residential or commercial structure, regardless of the structure’s being occupied or unoccupied (an estimated $42,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the parcel fee for an entire year), for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment for the District, including the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes and all purposes incidental thereto?

Yes

Senior Citizen Programs Proposition – Parishwide (Tax Renewal)

Summary: Shall the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), continue to levy a one and one-half (1-1/2) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation (an estimated $580,000 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) in the Parish for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of providing funds for services to the elderly, including the establishment and maintenance 0f centers for senior citizens?

Yes

Library Proposition – Parishwide (Tax Renewal)

Summary: Shall the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), continue to levy a four and twenty-five hundredths (4.25) mills tax on all property subject to taxation (an estimated $1,618,000 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) within the Parish for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating public libraries for the Parish?

Yes

City of Eunice Proposition – Multiparish (1% Sales Tax Rededication)

Summary: Shall the City of Eunice, State of Louisiana (the “City”), be authorized to rededicate the proceeds received or to be received from the levy and collection of a one percent (1%) sales and use tax (the “Tax”) previously authorized at elections held on May 22, 1962 and February 28, 1967 (the “Elections”) (an estimated $2,000,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), so that in addition to the purposes previously approved at the Elections, not more the 10% of such proceeds may be used in each fiscal year for general municipal purposes in the event that unbudgeted emergency expenses are incurred by the City of Eunice in that year?

Yes

US Senator – Statewide

“Bill” Cassidy

3rd Congressional District (Multi-parish)

Charles W. Boustany, Jr.

15th JDC District Judge (Parts Acadia)

David M. Smith

15th JDC District Attorney (Acadia/Lafayette/Vermilion)

Keith Stutes

Eunice – City Judge (Multi-parish)

Paul Brown

Eunice – City Marshal (Multi-parish)

Terry J. Darbonne

Rayne – City Marshal

Alex “Joe” Lacroix

School Board – District 1

Israel Syria

School Board – District 3

Delo Hebert, Jr.

School Board – District 5

David LaLande

School Board – District 6

Gene Daigle

Justice of the Peace – Ward 3

Elton “Bee” Cormier

Constable JOP – Ward 4

Douglas R. Short

Mayor – City of Crowley

Greg Jones

Mayor – City of Rayne

“Chuck” Robichaux

Mayor – Town of Church Point

Russell “Coach” Stelly

Mayor – Town of Basile

Mark Denette

Mayor – Town of Iota

Julia “Mariette” Granger

Mayor – Village of Estherwood

Anthony Borill

Mayor – Village of Morse

Michael Chiasson

Chief of Police – City of Crowley

K.P. Gibson

Chief of Police – City of Eunice

“Randy” Fontenot

Chief of Police – City of Rayne

Carroll J. Stelly

Chief of Police – Town of Church Point

Albert J. Venable, Sr.

Chief of Police – Village of Morse

August Guillory

Alderman at Large – City of Eunice (Multi-parish)

I. Jackson “Jack” Burson, Jr.

Alderman at Large – City of Rayne

Lendell “Pete” Babineaux

Alderman – Town of Basile District 1

Frank Ceasar, Sr.

Alderman Ward 1 – City of Rayne

Anna “Ann” Domingue-Washington

Alderman Ward 1 – Town of Church Point

Gene Malbrough

Alderman – City of Rayne Ward 2

Kenneth Guidry

Alderman – City of Rayne Ward 3

Calise Michael Doucet

Alderman – City of Crowley Ward 3 Div. B

Ezora Proctor

Alderman – Town of Church Point Ward 3

Gary J. Duplechin

Alderman – City of Rayne Ward 4

James “Jimmy” Fontenot

Alderman – City of Crowley Ward 4 Div. B

“Tim” Monceaux

Alderman – Town of Church Point Ward 4

Robert Dale Wimberley

Alderman – Town of Church Point Ward 5

Errol “Slu” Comeaux

Alderman – City of Eunice Ward 3 (Multi-parish)

James “Jr.” Bergeron

Alderman – Town of Basile Dist. 2 (Multi-parish) 3 to be elected

Hunter D. Ortego

Alderman – Town of Duson (Multi-parish) 5 to be elected

Marquita Robertson Henry

Alderman – Town of Iota (5 to be elected)

Cody Leckelt

Alderman – Village of Mermentau (3 to be elected)

Troy Cormier

Alderman – Village of Morse (3 to be elected)

Eric Primeaux

Constitutional Amendment #1 – Medical Asst. Trust Fund
Summary: Do you support an amendment to authorize the legislature to create the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund, for the payment of Medicaid reimbursement to the health care provider groups paying the fees into the fund?

Yes

Constitutional Amendment #2 – Hospital Stabilization Fund
Summary: Do you support an amendment to create the Hospital Stabilization Fund to stabilize and protect Medicaid reimbursements for health care services by depositing assessments paid by hospitals, as authorized by the legislature, into a fund to support Louisiana hospital reimbursement?

Yes

Constitutional Amendment #3 – Tax Sale
Summary: Do you support an amendment allowing an authorized agent of a tax collector to assist in the tax sale process, including the sale of property for delinquent taxes and that the  fee charged by the authorized agent be included within the costs that the collector can recover in the tax sale?

No

Constitutional Amendment #4 – Investment of Public Funds
Summary: Do you support an amendment to authorize the investment of public funds to capitalize a state infrastructure bank and the loan, pledge, guarantee, or donation of public funds by a state infrastructure bank for eligible transportation projects?

No

Constitutional Amendment #5 – Remove Mandatory Retirement Age for Judges
Summary: Do you support an amendment to remove the constitutional requirement that a judge retire upon attaining the age of 70 or, if his seventieth birthday occurs during his term, that he retire upon completion of that term?

No

Constitutional Amendment #6 – New Orleans Fire and Police Protection

Summary: Do you support an amendment to authorize the governing authority of Orleans Parish to increase the annual millage rate levied for fire and police protection, to require that the revenue from the fire and police millages be used for fire and police protection service enhancements, and to require that any increase be approved by the voters of Orleans Parish?

No

Constitutional Amendment #7 – Disabled Veterans Homestead

Summary: Do you support an amendment to provide that the homesteads of veterans with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent unemployability or totally disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and their surviving spouses, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and that a parish-wide vote shall not be required to implement this change in qualification for the exemption?

Yes

Constitutional Amendment #8 – Artificial Reef Development Fund

Summary: Do you support an amendment to establish the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state treasury by depositing in to the fund monies that have been received by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the form of grants, donations, or other assistance to proved funding for programs dedicated to managing an artificial reef system, the wild seafood certification program, and inshore fisheries habitat enhancement projects?

Yes

Constitutional Amendment #9 – Disabled Special Assessment Level

Summary: Do you support an amendment to exclude owners who are permanently totally disabled from the requirement that they annually certify to the assessor the amount of their adjusted gross income in order to receive the Special Assessment Level on their residences for property tax purposes?

No

Constitutional Amendment #10 – Redemption Period on Property
Summary: Do you support an amendment providing for an eighteen-month redemption period in any parish other than Orleans, for vacant property sold at tax sale which is blighted or abandoned?

No

Constitutional Amendment #11 – Executive Branch Departments
Summary: Do you support an amendment to change the maximum number of departments in the executive branch of state government from twenty to twenty-one?

No

Constitutional Amendment #12 – Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Summary: Do you support an amendment to require that two members of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission be electors from parishes located north of the parishes of Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, Avoyelles, and Pointe Coupee?

No

Constitutional Amendment #13 – Lower 9th Ward Property Sale by Orleans
Summary: Do you support an amendment to authorize the governing authority of the City of New Orleans to sell at a price fixed by the legislature property located in the Lower Ninth Ward of the city of New Orleans?

No

Constitutional Amendment #14 – Tax Abatement Election Dates
Summary: Do you support an amendment to provide that legislation relative to tax rebates, tax incentives, and tax abatements may not be introduced or considered by the legislature in a regular session held in an even-numbered year?

No

US Senator (Statewide)

“Bill” Cassidy

15th JDC District Judge

David M. Smith

Eunice – City Judge (Multi-parish)

“Terry” Hoychick

Rayne – City Marshal

Alex “Joe” Lacroix

Constable JOP – Ward 4

Douglas R. Short

Chief of Police – City of Eunice (Multi-parish)

“Randy” Fontenot

Chief of Police – City of Rayne

Carroll J. Stelly

Alderman Ward 1 – City of Rayne

Curtrese Minix

Alderman – City of Rayne Ward 2

Kenneth Guidry

Alderman – City of Rayne Ward 4

James “Jimmy” Fontenot

Alderman – Town of Duson (Multi-parish) 3 to be elected

Jimmy Champagne

Town of Iota Proposition #1 – Renewal of 10 year tax for roads, highways, etc.

Summary: Shall the Town of Iota, State of Louisiana, levy and collect a Five (5) Mills Tax (“Renewal”) on all property subject to taxation situated in said Town (current estimated annual amount of $21, 300.00), annually for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2015 and ending in the year 2024, for the purpose of maintaining public buildings, improving and maintaining streets, roads, highways and avenues within the said Town?

Yes

Town of Iota Proposition #2 – Renewal of 10 year tax for roads, drainage, etc.

Summary: Shall the Town of Iota, State of Louisiana, levy and collect a Five (5) Mills Tax (“Renewal”) on all property subject to taxation situated in said Town (current estimated annual amount of $21, 300.00), annually for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2015 and ending in the year 2024, for the purpose of maintaining public buildings, improving and maintaining bridges and the drainage system of the said Town?

Yes

Town of Basile Proposition – Renewal of 10 year tax Misc. Town Projects (Multi-parish)

Summary: Shall the Town of Basile, Parishes of Evangeline and Acadia,  State of Louisiana (the “Town”), be authorized to continue to levy a special tax of eight (8) mills on all property subject to taxation in the Town (an estimated $38,597.50 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of maintaining drainage facilities, streets, street lighting facilities, bridges, sidewalks, waterworks, sewers and sewerage disposal works, recreational facilities, public parks, public buildings and fire department stations and equipment, including fire engines and payment of salaries for fire department and garbage collection and disposal facilities including the purchasing or constructing within the municipality or adjoining area or areas outside of the corporate limits of the municipality, but within the Parishes of Evangeline and Acadia, industrial plant buildings and other necessary property, appurtenances or equipment, therefor, or for any one or more of said purposes?

Yes