October 28, 2000
Ascension Parish Sheriff Department
828 South Irma Blvd
Gonzales, La. 70737
Mr. Wiley,
I have brought to your attention previously
the dangerous situation that exists at C. Braud Road, but it seems it has fallen
of deaf ears at the Sheriff Department.
To be very blunt, I believe your ability to
keep Ascension Parish roads safe sucks! Why else would Ascension Parish have the
disgraceful honor of having more traffic accidents than any other parish in
Louisiana for its size?
You can drive around Ascension Parish
morning, noon, and night and very seldom see an Ascension Parish deputy
enforcing traffic speed laws. And when you do see your motorcycle patrol in fact
doing their job they are in groups of two or three. How many motorcycle deputies
does it take to operate a radar gun?
It is my opinion, and as you can see from the
attached feed back and others on my web site, that Ascension Parish residents
are dissatisfied with the Ascension Parish Sheriff Department’s ability to
enforce traffic laws that keep Ascension Parish roads safe.
Chuck Le Mieux
The following is a feed back form from the
web site Inside Ascension Parish from its Visitor Feedback Page at www.inascension.com.
name: Carolyn Braud
email: cbraud1@eaatel.net
telephone: 225-673-6688
findOut: daughter, jennifer, was friend of
Anna's
satisfactoryTrafficControl: no
RespondToComplaints: no
FollowUpOnComplaints: no
SatisfiedWithCurrentSheriff: yes
RemoveContactInfo: no
safeRoadsFeedback:
We have contacted the sheriffs department
many times about the traffic on C Braud Road. Speeding is horrible early in the
mornings from 6:30 to 9:00 and the afternoons from 2:30 to 6:00. Maybe twice the
sheriffs department has sent someone out. They sit in the church parking lot at
about 11:30 am for about twent to thirty minutes then leave. This is the wrong
time . Is it going to take one of the many kids waiting for the school bus in
the early morning hours or getting off the bus in the afternoon to get hurt or
possibly killed before the sheriffs office does something about this. This road
is too narrow for speeding cars to try to hurry and pass a school bus because
they are in a hurry to get somewhere. Yesterday, a young boy on a Ninja
motorcycle passed as we were outside popping wheelies as he was going down the
road doing a least 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. Something needs to be done NOW!!
Cc/Fax
to:
Governor Mike Foster
Mr. John (Juba) Diez Louisiana State Representative
Mr. Anthony Falterman Ascension Parish District Attorney
Mr. Jeff Wiley Ascension Parish Sheriff
Mr. Landry Gonzales Chief Of Police
Mr. Harry Robert Insurance Agent for Ascension Parish
Cc/email
to:
Carolyn
Braud
Mr.
Harold Marchand Ascension Parish President
Ms. Patricia Cook Ascension Parish Secretary
The Ascension Parish Council c/o Mr. R. Loupe
Mr. Bill Roux Ascension Parish Public Works
Mr. Doyle Mitchell Ascension Parish Public Works
Mr. Jeff Wiley Ascension Parish Sheriff c/o Mr. Tony Bacala
Ms. Jennifer Sheffield Channel Two Road Patrol
Ms. Keisha Lacour Channel 2 Two On Your Side
Mr. J. Connelly Channel 2 News Room
Mr. John MacMillan The Advocate’s River Parish Office
Mr. David Young The Gonzales Weekly
Mr. David Young The Community Mirror
Mr. David Young Ascension Parish TV
The Ascension Citizen
Mr. Ronald Carter D.O.T.D.
