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| Books LLC : Mayors of Places in Louisiana: Willie Mount, Jimmy Wilson, Earl Williamson, Fred Baden, Parey Branton, Robert Deblieux, Douglas Fowler | |
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Mayors of Places in Louisiana: Willie Mount, Jimmy Wilson, Earl Williamson, Fred Baden, Parey Branton, Robert Deblieux, Douglas Fowler |
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English |
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Paperback |
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164 |
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2010-05-21 |
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1156130328 |
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Books LLC |
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0.55 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.35 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Willie Mount, Jimmy Wilson, Earl Williamson, Fred Baden, Parey Branton, Robert Deblieux, Douglas Fowler, Eddie Price Iii, Floyd Smith, Raymond Laborde, Roy M. Hopkins, Bobby Simpson, Robert J. Barham, Jesse L. Boucher, Pete Heine, James Whitfield Williamson, Jack Breaux, Dennis Freeman, H. M. Fowler, Julius Patrick, Edmond J. Muniz, Lo Walker, Roy R. Theriot, Stephen L. Gunn, Lula Wardlow, Bob Angelle, W. Ray Scott, Bubby Lyons, Gerald Washington, Jamie Mayo, W.w. Wilson, Mayson Foster. Excerpt: Bobby Ray Simpson (born 1953) is an educator who served as the Republican Mayor -President, a combined municipal -parish office of East Baton Rouge Parish , Louisiana , from 2001-2004. Earlier, he was the mayor of the small city of Baker east of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, having served from 1992-2000.In 2001, Simpson succeeded the retiring Tom Ed McHugh as Mayor-President by defeating current Mayor-President Melvin "Kip" Holden , an African American Democrat in the 2000 general election . Holden then unseated Simpson in 2004 and was easily reelected in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 2008. Simpson did not seek a comeback; instead Holden was opposed by two other Republican candidates, Metro council member Wayne Carter and the former Louisiana legislative auditor and Louisiana State University professor Dan Kyle .A native of East Baton Rouge Parish, Simpson graduated from Baker High School in 1971 and holds both bachelors and masters degrees in education from LSU in Baton Rouge. He is a nonpracticing Certified Public Accountant . Simpson and his wife, the former Allison Windham (born 1954), have four children. They still reside in Baker and are affiliated with the non-denominational Christian church, the Bethany World Prayer Center. He is a golfer and a runner. Simpson was...
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