When that headline hit yesterday morning (quoting the Monroe city attorney, I got busy and wrote in my blog:
http://lincolnparishnewsonline.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/law-says-stevens-gilmore-shall-be-suspended/
Law Says Stevens, Gilmore SHALL be Suspended
By Walter Abbott
Louisiana state law says that the felony conviction last night of City of Monroe Councilmen Robert “Red” Stevens (District Four) and Arthur Gilmore, Jr. (District Three) shall cause them to be automatically suspended from public office without compensation.
LA RS 42:1411. Public officer; ground for removal; suspension; definitions
By yesterday afternoon, the city attorney reversed herself and admitted they had to go.
Good move. If we ever meet, dinner and drinks are on me.