Festival group covers banner, security costs
Published 6:10 pm Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Louisiana Pirate Festival in Lake Charles
How much money does the city spend for security, banners and other costs associated with the Louisiana Pirate Festival, the former Contraband Days?
Lake Charles city spokesman Matt Young said the city doesn’t pay for the banners or the security detail associated with the Louisiana Pirate Festival.
Young said the festival organization covers the costs, paying the Ward 3 Marshal’s Office to provide security and paying the city a rental fee to use the Civic Center grounds.
Online: www.cityoflakecharles.com.
Code offers leeway for can removal
What is the ordinance on garbage cans in Westlake? Trash is picked up Friday, and by Saturday there is trash piled up and continues all week.
The garbage company sometimes actually leaves the cans on the street, but some homeowners don’t take in their trash cans.
Section 8-1004 of the Westlake code says residents may place trash cans for collection at 4 p.m. on the day before pickup. They must remove the cans, the code says, by 7 p.m. the day after pickup.
The penalties for failing to remove cans in time are a warning citation for a first offense, a $25 fine for a second offense, and a $50 fine for third and subsequent offenses.
Online: https://library.municode.com/la.
Firm uses sampling to determine ratings
How do TV networks know how many people watched their program?
For programs broadcast over the air, television networks use data gathered by analytics firm Nielsen via statistical sampling.
Nielsen uses the information, obtained from people who agree to share their viewing habits, to extrapolate the size of a program’s nationwide audience.
The top broadcast TV shows for the week of June 25, according to Nielsen:
1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC.
2. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS.
3. “Big Bang Theory” special, CBS.
4. “World of Dance,” NBC.
5. “Little Big Shots,” NBC.
6. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS.
7. “The Bachelorette,” ABC.
8. “Code Black,” CBS.
9. “NCIS,” CBS.
10. “Blue Bloods,” CBS.
Streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime can easily gauge their viewership because subscribers, by definition, share data each time they log in to watch something.
Online: www.nielsen.com.
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