[StBernard] Hospital tax passes in St. Bernard Parish

[Westley Annis]

I'm actually in Thibodaux, which is in Lafourche Parish, not Terrebonne, but
it is pretty much the same way. From my understanding, Thibodaux Regional is
a public-private hospital, half-owned by the government and half-owned by
private interests (don't ask me who those private interests are).

TRMC languished for quite some time until they got an administrator who
could make the necessary moves to improve the hospital and surrounding area.
It also has the advantage of being a "regional" hospital, so that it serves
a much larger area than the St. Bernard Hospital will.

It is possible that sales taxes may have been neutral or even increased
because of the oil-spill, but most of what I'm hearing in Lafourche, which
has Port Fourchon within its borders, is that sales taxes have dropped.

All the clamor about higher-ed and how it will effect Nicholls University,
may also be playing a large hard in it also.

Westley