Being called, “fertile groundd for harvesting of headlines,” is not something that the City of Mandeville wants to be known for. This excerpt from today’s T-P story by Lolie Eric Elie: The city of Mandeville has been an unusually fertile ground for the harvesting of headlines recently. First, Mayor Eddie Price was caught driving his …

***Pricegate: Someone used this name on the forums & it is just “priceless.” The house of cards is falling fast. Now…how do we all explain this situation to our children??? ***Organizing: My business partner & I finished our job so fast we worked ourselves out of work – if that makes any sense at all. …

***This post was written by anonymous contributor “Ghost Plate.” What can I say??!! I just spent some time reading the Legislative Auditor’s report on Mandeville and I’m speechless! For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the link to the audit Before you ask – it looks like nothing was removed or altered …

When does a person decide that they will become dishonest? Were they walking a fine line from their childhood? Did that person occasionally stick the pack of gum at the checkout line in their pocket? Did that person cheat a little at board games as a kid? Did they glance at the test next to …

* today’s gotta have featured artist is Carolyn Flannery of Carolyn Rivers Designs. Honey – are you paying attention to this??? These earrings are called Café Au Lait & Beignets for $45. * I won the Nigerian and UK Lottery 50 times this week-woot woot! Anyone else win? * A roundup of wildfire blogs and …

While you were all at work or school on Thursday, yours truly was invited by reader Mena, to attend a daytime literacy event sponsored by the Junior League of Covington. The event is part of a National push for children’s literacy called Jumpstart’s Read for the Record. The event took place at the Kids Konnection …

Hard to believe we have only lived here a little over 7 months now. I have soaked up the culture and traditions and love learning about them each and every day. Mind you, my only experience here before our move here was a drive through Hurricane at Pat O’Breins as I traveled cross-country. * Mardi …

Oh gee, where is Dick Clarke when you need him? Do we need to have a ball drop each Katrina Anniversary? Since everyone and their grandmother who thinks they are somebody special will be in town, maybe good ole’ Dick can make a party out of it – New Orleans style. I can see it …

Once upon a time there was a city filled with life and diversity. People were attracted to the city because it had opportunities. The people that settled there knew that they were vulnerable to nature’s elements, but they chose to live there anyways. They raised families, generation after generation and for the most part, all …

Yesterday was a field day for “armchair mayors” discussing the Mayor’s speech. Whateva… It is so much easier to stand in the sidelines and say what you woulda done or said better, but fun to pick it apart (fess up …you know it is). I’ve heard so many dollar figures bounced around this week that …

OK – so far you’ve been reading and have had the joy of experiencing my positive, a-political, Mrs. Nice persona. You probably realize that I lean to the right politically, with some libertarian views & if you Google me, you will find out everything about me (so Orwellian & I have nothing to hide, even …