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Opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline accused Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards of meeting with representative of the oil and gas industry while refusing to meet with activists and communities affected by the pipeline’s construction. They further allege that the administration has instead placed them under surveillance, pointing to similar treatment of Dakota Access pipeline opponents in North Dakota in 2016. Their claims are based in part on emails and other public records released by the state.
The activists brought their grievances to the Democratic governor’s home and office on March 1, holding a press conference in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge and then occupying the foyer to his office in the State Capitol for over an hour.
James Brown
Courtesy photoSinger James Brown â whose nicknames included Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother Number 1 and The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.
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I â and I m sure many others â am still trying to process the loss of McAlester s James Brown this week.
During his lifetime, he served as an educator at McAlester High School, several stints as McAlester city councilor, a member and then chairman of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, on the board of the East Central University Alumni Association and so much more.
At the time of his passing with complications following treatment for COVID-19, he filled a double role on the city council, serving not only as the Ward 4 city councilor but McAlester s vice mayor as well.
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Staff file photoJames Brown during his time as a McAlester city councilor. He was the McAlester Ward 4 city councilor when he died Tuesday. Brown also served as the Ward 4 councilor 1982-1992 and 1994-2003.
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ADRIAN O HANLON III | Staff photoJames Brown discusses social issues at a 2020 Black Lives Matter event in McAlester.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoMcAlester Vice Mayor/Ward 4 Councilor James Brown shares a light moment while wearing his Oklahoma State Cowboys orange during a 2020 meeting of the McAlester City Council. topical featured
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Staff file photoJames Brown during his time as a McAlester city councilor. He was the McAlester Ward 4 city councilor when he died Tuesday. Brown also served as the Ward 4 councilor 1982-1992 and 1994-2003.
"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of
McAlester resident Loise Washington could not help but shed some tears as she watched the destruction at the U.S. Capitol building last week by members of a mob that broke