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A COMMUNITY TRYING TO SAVE A COMMUNITY!









Hundreds of people turned out in South Baton Rouge Saturday morning for the big Block Party. Now this event isn’t just about partying but it’s about people taking back their community. Several African Americans in the low income area have seen their homes swallowed up by redevelopment – pricing many of them out. To combat the “progress” Baton Rouge City Council Member Lorri Burgess (in the green shirt) held the Block Party to educate the residents on the process of buying their homes (many are renters) or other homes in the area. Burgess says she won’t let the residents in the area give up their houses to developers without a fight. This particular part of South Baton Rouge is near the LSU campus and many say the universty has big plans for the area that don’t include the residents of the so called ‘bottom’. Helping Burgess rally the residents was former LSU Basketball star and Miami Heat center Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq gave a speech to motivate the participants in the event. O’Neal was there along with The Insite, Maxx 94.1 fm personalities Big Cheese and Sashika, attorney Yolanda Martin, Kansas City Barbeque owner Rondrek Cowans, McKinley Middle Teacher Tedral Patterson, and a long list of others including members of Greater Beulah Baptist Church…Click the pictures to enlarge…

For More Information: http://brgov.com/dept/council/mc10.asp

THE REAL MOVERS AND SHAKERS STOP BY THE INSITE!

Congratulations to the young ladies at McKinley Middle School who took park in the South Baton Rouge Block Party this weekend. The girls who danced to several numbers did an excellent job representing their school and The Insite’s alma matter. The girls were under the direction of dance instructor Ms. Thomas and my old classmate Tedral Patterson (green shirt to the far left). Congratulations ladies for wowing the audience with a job well done!

INSITE TIP OF THE WEEK!

I was pleasantly surprised when I hit the road Friday morning to see gas prices were so low. In north Houston gas was going for as low as $2.59 a gallon. So on my way back in town I was very shocked to see gas prices at $2.36 a gallon in Baytown. I’m told the prices could sink to just $2.00 a gallon by Thanksgiving. It almost seems too good to be true. So all you Insite readers I would suggest you go and fill your car up at Valero or Flying J stores in Baytown. Now that’s the hot tip of the week!