Parish reapportionment remains months away

Former Eunice Mayor Lynn LeJeune, right, chats with St. Landry Parish Council members, seated from left, Mildred Thierry, Harold Taylor and Gil Savoy; and Amanda Cain, parish government finance officer, at Wednesday Parish Council meeting. LeJeune is Krotz Springs Port director. She was there with Pat Dossman, Dwight Jodon and Charles Seale to invite Council members to a tour of the Liberty Theatre. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

OPELOUSAS — Reapportionment for St. Landry Parish’s Parish Council and School Board districts remains months away because of a delay in census numbers. Demographer Mike Hefner said the census count won’t be available until August or September. One phase of reapportionment has already taken place and that is a preliminary approval of precincts in the parish that reduced the...

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