Millage to benefit Chennault approved; Watkins will be next Iowa mayor
Published 10:22 pm Saturday, December 10, 2022
- An Air Force B-52 bomber lands and undergoes training exercises at Chennault Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana on Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Kirk Meche/American Press)
A parishwide millage renewal that would benefit the Chennault International Airport Authority was approved by Calcasieu voters on Saturday. The renewal passed with 7980 votes, or 56 percent.
Douglas Neal Watkins defeated incumbent Paul “Hounddog” Hesse Saturday with 58 percent of the vote to become mayor of Iowa. Watkins, an independent, received 250 votes. Hesse, no part affiliation, received 183 votes, or 42 percent.
A sales tax renewal in Vinton was also overwhelmingly approved with 151 votes, or 86 percent.
Calcasieu voters all so supported all three constitutional amendment proposals up for consideration include banning those who aren’t United States citizens from registering to vote or casting ballots in Louisiana elections, and requiring state Senate confirmation of the governor’s appointees to the State Civil Service Commission and the State Police Commission.
