Ruston’s Board of Aldermen received some good news at its first meeting of the new year: Sales tax collections for January through November of 2020 were up 4% over the previous year.
I’m writing this New Year’s column on Christmas Eve. Somehow that feels fitting. After all, Christmas Eve is marked by frightened shepherds and young parents-to-be who were probably a bit trepidatious in their own right.
As a result of the 2019 elections, parish government appeared headed for a fresh start last January. Six of the 12 jurors were new, the biggest turnover in 15 years.
My father loathed yard work. Which is probably why I love it. But in his defense, the yard of the house where I spend most of my growing up years was awful.
