Discon unveils revolutionary ‘somewhere’ budgeting system
After weeks of searching for ways to reduce city spending, Councilman-at-Large Scott Discon has unveiled a groundbreaking new approach to municipal finance that allows elected officials to cut hundreds of thousands of dollars from a budget without identifying a single thing they…
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Council scrutinizes Mandeville budget as officials trace problems to before Moon landing
Mayor Clay Madden assured the City Council that Mandeville remains financially sound despite a delayed annual audit that officials traced to fixed-asset records dating to the 1960s and at least one city asset whose original purchase price was listed in…
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LSU Health announces search for third set of attorneys, preferably ones familiar with calendars
Just months after replacing one legal team following a highly publicized courtroom dust-up involving artificial intelligence and hallucinated legal citations, LSU Health Foundation announced Wednesday it has begun searching for a third set of attorneys after…
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Council updates Mandeville Trailhead rules again, expanding list of annoying activities
Saying the revisions would eliminate any remaining uncertainty over acceptable behavior at the Mandeville Trailhead, the City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance Thursday expanding the list of prohibited activities and establishing what officials described…
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Anti-Madden group demands mayor stop doing things it previously demanded
Calling the situation “completely unacceptable,” members of M.O.M. (Mandevillians Opposed to Madden) held an emergency strategy session recently after Mayor Clay Madden and the City Council addressed another issue the organization had previously thought would make…
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Discon enjoys most peaceful council meeting of career after running out of council members to argue with
City Council Chairman Scott Discon reportedly presided over the most productive and least stressful meeting of his tenure Thursday evening after discovering that the easiest way to eliminate parliamentary disputes is to simply not have enough council members present to create them…
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Area residents relieved to finally have a newspaper that refuses to verify anything
Local residents welcomed the launch of The Mandevillain Thursday, saying they were excited to finally have a newspaper willing to publish stories without the unnecessary delays associated with confirming whether any of them actually…
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